IL Gov. Pritzker On Crime, Immigration, Trump's 'Power Grab'

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JB Pritzker is in a battle with President Trump over crime and immigration--or really, Pritzker says, over a power grab. Pritzker has so far blocked Trump's effort to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, but immigration agents have arrived. As they did, Pritzker sat for a wide-ranging talk with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the president, immigrants, Chicago's development, and his party's future.<br><em><br></em><br><em>Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe </a></em><em>to the Up First newsletter.</em><br><em><br></em><br><em>This bonus episode of Up First was edited by Reena Advani. It was produced by Adam Bearne. We get engineering support from Gilly Moon. Our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor.</em><br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>