Publicly, Cuomo has shunned the idea of getting any help from Trump. Cuomo said he’d decline an endorsement, and denied a New York Times report that he’d spoken with the president about the race.

The Donald Trump administration has also more broadly sought mass deportations of people in the United States illegally.

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