Harris reaches out to undecided voters in last days of campaign. And, is Trump’s mass deportation plan feasible

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🎧 This was the largest rally crowd of her campaign so far. But the intended audience was the swing states as Harris still tries to reach undecided voters, NPR’s Tamara Keith tells Up First. A big part of her speech was about her policy proposals like the child tax credit and having Medicare cover in-home care for seniors. She also promised to listen to the needs of Americans – even if they don’t vote for her. Now, Harris will travel to all seven swing states again in the short period of time left of the campaign.

🎧 NPR’s Jasmine Garsd says Trump is interested in utilizing local police for immigration enforcement. However, the president cannot legally compel police departments to cooperate with such efforts. During his presidency, Trump attempted to force police to collaborate with immigration enforcement, but it was deemed unconstitutional. Civil rights groups are prepared to challenge Trump’s proposals, including his plan to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to the Southwest border. Some states are working to implement their own immigration enforcement measures. And under a Trump presidency, those efforts are likely to intensify, with his Justice Department likely to support them.

🎧 The pay at Head Start, a program meant to help children living in poverty, is so low it forces its staff to live in poverty, NPR’s Cody Turner says. The pay has resulted in, nationally, nearly one in five Head Start teachers quitting last year, according to the Biden-Harris Administration. The rule the administration has created would require these teachers to receive a pay bump of as much as $10,000 per person. The problem is that without new funding from Congress, local programs would have to cover the cost of the pay increases, possibly leading to some programs cutting services.