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Customs and Border Protection data.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

Thousands gathered outside the Manhattan VA hospital, filling the sidewalk between massive snow banks.

Hundreds of Freddie's colleagues at the Minneapolis VA held a memorial earlier this week, despite an email from that VA's director saying she had been told to postpone it.

At the New York City vigil, a VA nurses union official asked not to be named for fear of retaliation.

The Trump administration has blamed Preddy's death on Minnesota officials for failing to cooperate with ICE.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

Since September, the U.S.

military has killed more than 100 people and destroyed dozens of small boats transiting what the Pentagon claims are known drug trafficking routes.

The Trump administration says it can kill the crews of these boats on suspicion, even if they're unarmed, because it has declared war on transnational drug cartels.

Critics say that's extrajudicial killing or simply murder.

In the latest strike, U.S.

Southern Command posted a grainy video on social media showing a small boat exploding into flames.

Southcom said two crew were killed.

The U.S.

Coast Guard confirmed to NPR that it was engaged in a search and rescue operation for one survivor.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

A U.S.

official who is not authorized to speak publicly has confirmed to NPR that an Army military police battalion stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has received a prepare-to-deploy order from Minnesota.

That's in addition to the 1,500 soldiers with the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska told last week to ready themselves to support the Trump administration's massive ICE deployment in the Twin Cities.