>> ERIC: WE'VE BEEN TAKING A LOOK AT HOW PROPOSED CHANGES IN A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COULD IMPACT MINNESOTANS.

LAST WEEK WE EXPLORED HEALTH CARE AND THE ECONOMY.

THIS WEEK WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO IMMIGRATION, AN ISSUE MANY VOTERS SAID WAS ONE OF THEIR MAIN PRIORITIES.

KATELYN VUE WRITES FOR THE SAHAN JOURNAL.

SHE HAS RECENTLY LEFT THE HOUSING BEAT AND IS NOW COVERING IMMIGRATION.

WELCOME BACK.

IN THE BROAD STROKES, HOW MIGHT WHATEVER COMES OUT OF WASHINGTON ON IMMIGRATION AFFECT MINNESOTA?

>> YEAH, IN BROAD STROKES, I'VE TALKED TO IMMIGRATION LAWYERS, EXPERTS WHO HAVE PRACTICED IN THE FIELD A LONG TIME, AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN UNTIL HE OFFICIALLY TAKES OFFICE.

BUT THERE'S MORE UNIFIED REPUBLICAN CONTROL AT WASHINGTON, AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IS THAT HE'LL TRY TO REINSTATE SOME OF HIS OLD POLICIES FROM HIS FIRST TERM.

>> Cathy: AND JUST FOR FOLKS, AGAIN, TO RUN IT DOWN, BECAUSE MEMORIES ARE SHORT, SO, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WERE ENACTED THAT MIGHT COME BACK AGAIN AND MAYBE SOME NEW ONES, PERHAPS?

>> YEAH.

SO I TALKED TO MICHELLE GARNETT McKENZIE FROM THE ADVOCATES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SHE SAID THAT SOME POLICIES THAT MIGHT HAPPEN QUICKER TO REINSTATE ARE SOME OF HIS RULES AROUND APPLYING FOR ASYLUM, SO HIS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THAT MIGHT BECOME MORE OF A HIGHER BAR FOR FOLKS TO REACH.

HE MIGHT ALSO REINSTATE HIS REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY, WHICH REQUIRED ASYLUM SEEKERS TO STAY IN MEXICO.

THAT CAUSED A LOT OF HUMANITARIAN CRISIS BEING STUCK AT THAT POINT BUT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO STAY THERE AND WAIT UNTIL THEIR COURT HEARING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> Eric: IS THERE GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WITH SANCTUARY COUNTIES AND CITIES, MINNEAPOLIS AND St. PAUL, HENNEPIN, RAMSEY COUNTY, WHERE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY BE ASKED TO STEP IN AND HELP OUT?

>> YEAH.

SO TRUMP HAS IN THE PAST TRIED TO BLOCK FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SANCTUARY CITIES.

THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

HE WAS BLOCKED BY.

[ Indiscernible ] BUT BECAUSE OF HIM BEING BACK IN OFFICE, HE COULD HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, CITIES LIKE St. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ORDINANCES, WHERE CITY EMPLOYEES AND LAW OFFICIALS CAN'T ASK ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ORDINANCE I EXPECT WILL STAY IN PLACE WHEN HE TAKES OFFICE.

>> Cathy: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD BE AFFECTED, RIGHT?

DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

THERE'S A LOT OF UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS WHO WILL BE IMPACTED.

THERE WILL ALSO BE FOLKS IN THE SOMALI AND KAREN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE LEGAL PROTECTED STATUS.

SEW MAYLY AND CONTAINER ARE THE ARGE -- KAREN ARE THE LARGEST COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S., IN MINNESOTA, SO MANY OF THEM HOLD THAT PROTECTED STATUS.

>> Eric: ARE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THE LOGISTICS IT WOULD TAKE TO DO A MASS DEPORTATION?

WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS THERE?

>> YEAH, SO THERE'S CONCERNS, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXPENSIVE TO RECRUIT THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION, WILL TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT -- FOLKS ARE SAYING THAT THE RHETORIC IS JUST MEANT TO BE PART OF ALSO INTIMIDATION AND FOLKS BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

IT WILL BE HARD BUT I ALSO THINK THAT HE HAS A SECOND CHANCE, REALLY, TO BE ABLE TO DO AND PUSH FORWARD SOME OF HIS POLICIES.

>> Cathy: I'M WONDERING, THOUGH, WHAT DO YOUR EXPERTS SAY, WHAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO?

WHAT COULDN'T HAPPEN UNDER EXISTING LAW?

>> YEAH.

ONE THING THAT HE WANTS TO DO IS BASICALLY GO INTO THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND CHANGE THE LAW AROUND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.

SO, HAVING THAT END OR CHANGING HAT TO REQUIRE THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE PARENTS ARE CITIZENS SO THAT THE COUPLE, WHEN THEY HAVE A CHILD, THEIR CHILD CAN BE CONSIDERED A CITIZEN AS WELL.

>> Eric: I'M GUESSING LEGAL WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY?

>> YEAH.

>> Eric: CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

YEAH -- >> YEAH, SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY COME AGAINST A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN THE LEGAL COURT SYSTEM TO PASS.

WHAT WE KNOW, TRUMP IN HIS FIRST TERM, WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF HIS APPOINTEES ON THE SUPREME COURT TO.

SO WE KNOW THAT HE FACES LESS GUARDRAILS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING AS BIG AS A CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE.

>> Cathy: HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE YET TO TALK TO FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE AFFECTED HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA?

YOU KNOW, THE UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WITH A GREEN CARD, WHAT HAVE YOU, HOW SCARED ARE THEY?

>> THERE'S SOME FEARS, THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN, YOU KNOW, REPORTERS LIKE ALFONSO AND ELSA, THEY'VE REPORTED ON IMMIGRATION LAW GROUPS GETTING MORE PHONE CALLS, AND SOME FOLKS ARE SKEPTICAL, THOUGH.

HE'S MADE THESE PROMISES IN THE PAST AND THEY DON'T QUITE BELIEVE THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN.

>> Eric: YOUR ARTICLE IN THE SAHAN JOURNAL WEBSITE IS REALLY COMPREHENSIVE, I REALLY RECOMMEND IT AS A PRIMER TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND PREPARE FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU, AP