What incident involving ICE officers occurred in Minnesota?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is defending the ICE officer who shot and killed a Minnesota woman in her car and blamed the radical left for the incident. In a social media post, Trump said ICE agents are, quote, just trying to do the job of making America safe. Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz says he's been warning for weeks.
that someone would be hurt in Trump's immigration crackdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed today that immigration officers killed the woman in Minneapolis. NPR's Meg Anderson spoke with protesters and residents at the scene.
The atmosphere was tense at the intersection in South Minneapolis where ICE officers shot and killed a woman in her car. Witnesses said it looked like she was trying to turn around. Federal authorities said she was driving at ICE agents. ICE officers had already dispersed by midday, but local and county police were on the scene as a large crowd gathered and chanted.
Wren Kleinfelter lives just across the street, and for hours after the shooting, the victim's SUV remained rammed against a utility pole. We don't want like this happening in our neighborhood to our neighbors. She says she saw the woman pulled from the vehicle. She was already unresponsive. Meg Anderson, NPR News.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the administration has a three-step plan for Venezuela, including stability, recovery, and transition. He briefed senators about the plan this morning. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
Secretary Rubio said step one, stabilization, involves quarantine for Venezuela's oil. Venezuela currently can't move its oil because of sanctions. Rubio says the plan is to sell off sanctioned oil and distribute the profits.
And we feel very positive that not only will that generate revenue that will be used to the benefit of the Venezuelan people, and we're ensured that that's what the case is, but it also gives us an amount of leverage and influence and control over how this process is set up.
Rubio says the second step will be recovery, involving opening Venezuelan markets and national reconciliation. The third step will be transition, but Rubio gave no details. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
The Labor Department says there were fewer job openings in November than the month before. NPR's Scott Horsley reports that's one of several clues we'll get this week. about the strength of the U.S. job market.
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