Border czar Tom Homan, the new lead of President Donald Trump’s immigration operation in Minnesota, has announced a 700-person drawdown in federal law enforcement presence. 

This came after two fatal shootings involving federal agents and a great deal of turmoil in Minnesota that involved partisan rhetoric from Democrats and Republicans trying to get control of a devolving situation. Now the administration is talking about a "drawdown."

“My goal is, with the support of President Trump, to achieve a complete drawdown. And end the surge as soon as we can,” Homan said as he marked a sharp retreat on the matter from the rhetoric Americans heard in January. 

Trump’s policy goals in Minnesota might have been correct and needed, but he navigated the issue in a very Trumpian way: shortsighted, incompetent and brash.

Actual progress on any mass deportation and on changing how we enforce immigration laws demands a completely different approach. It demands a level of precision and nuance this administration doesn't have.

Heading into Trump's second........

© USA TODAY