Jack Hunter, editor of Rare Politics, digs into the recent raid by ICE of 98 7-Eleven stores across the U.S. and the president's changing stance on immigration. We talk the 40% rise in immigration arrests by the Trump administration and Hunter contrasts that with the high number of arrests in the Obama administration, which deported more people than Clinton and George W. Bush's presidencies combined. We also talk the number of Republicans that are resigning from Congress ahead of the 2018 midterms, and what this means for future of the party.
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