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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Democrats should work toward bipartisan deals, including on immigration, with Stephen Miller \u2014 despite the \u201cwell of distrust\u201d he holds for the new White House chief of staff.<\/p>\n
Moore, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, told POLITICO\u2019s Alex Burns<\/a>Tuesday that even though Miller is \u201cthe architect of some of the most racist, xenophobic, homophobic policies that we have,\u201d he still believes there\u2019s room to negotiate with the White House to ease the targeting of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing I’ve always said to the people of my state is I will work with anybody, I will bow to nobody,\u201d he said at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce\u2019s B20 Summit.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish that there was a different team, because I think the well of distrust that Stephen Miller and his policies have fostered have been deeply poisonous,\u201d the governor continued. \u201cBut I still want to make sure that we’re doing good things on behalf of the people of our jurisdictions, and I do think we have a window to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n President Donald Trump floated the possibility<\/a> of a bipartisan immigration deal during a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview on Sunday as he acknowledged that the aggressive deportation policies he enacted at the beginning of his term were \u201ctoo tough\u201d and \u201ctook people that had good jobs.\u201d Trump appeared to reverse course on Monday<\/a>, telling reporters he opposed offering \u201camnesty\u201d for undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n Voters have long said<\/a> Trump\u2019s mass deportation campaign is too aggressive, and some Hill Republicans have pointed the blame<\/a> at Miller, who masterminded the policy, for their lost support among Hispanics<\/a> this midterm cycle. Moore said there\u2019s a window for \u201creal bipartisan agreement\u201d on immigration despite Miller\u2019s ascension last week.<\/p>\n Moore, the Democratic chair of the National Governors Association, also pointed to AI safety as an area for potential bipartisan agreement and urged the incoming Democratic-controlled Congress to create federal regulations on AI companies that include \u201cprotections on our pocketbooks\u201d along with protections for workforce development and infrastructure.<\/p>\n So far, much of the regulation has been left to the states. But Democrats in Congress are weighing multiple<\/a> bills to enact safety standards protecting consumers from AI as Americans grow increasingly concerned <\/a>about the dangers of the technology.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not useful to have 50 different guidelines for how this country should think about this,\u201d Moore said. \u201cWe need Washington to get in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n