Blocks of ICE: the fallout from Trump's deportation agenda

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  The Economist.

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  Two American citizens have been killed.

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  Two federal agents have been placed on leave.

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  The shooting of protesters in Minneapolis,

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  and the immediate and refutable effort to cast those killed as terrorists,

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  has shifted the debate over Donald Trump's deportation campaign.

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  It had been a leading issue for the president,

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  but violence in Minneapolis and transparently dishonest spin

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  have put the White House on the back foot.

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  It's also stirred a long dormant Congress to life.

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  I'm Charlotte Howard and this is Checks and Balance from The Economist.

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  Each week we take one big theme shaping American politics and explore it in depth.

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  Today, the fallout from deadly immigration enforcement in America.

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  Some Republicans have called out the White House for its rush to judgment

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  after Alex Preddy and Rene Good were killed by federal agents.

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  Democrats see a chance to enact reform, or at least gain a political edge.

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  And fights over the president's immigration campaign continue in courts.

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  Will other branches of government move to constrain this president?

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  And does this mark a turning point for Donald Trump's deportation campaign and his power?

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  Joining me are James Bennet and Steve Coll, both in New York.

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