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What happened during the immigration enforcement incident in Portland?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Immigration enforcement agents have shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. As NPR's Jimena Bustillo reports, police say both individuals have been hospitalized.
According to DHS, U.S. Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Portland, Oregon when the shooting occurred. The agency said the passengers of the vehicle and target for the operation was suspected to be a Venezuelan immigrant in the U.S. illegally.
They also said the Border Patrol agent feared for his life and fired a, quote, defensive shot and the vehicle fled from the scene. In a statement, Police Chief Bob Day asked the community to, quote, remain calm as they work to learn more. The shooting took place a day after a woman was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minnesota.
DHS also called that incident self-defense. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News.
In a press briefing today, Vice President J.D. Vance answered questions about the ICE officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. As NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports, Vance took the briefing as an opportunity to slam the media.
Vance announced the creation of a new assistant attorney general position to target fraud, saying that person will initially focus on Minnesota, where there has been fraud in state-run social service programs. However, much of the briefing ended up being about the shooting that has roiled Minneapolis. Vance chastised the gathered reporters.
Everybody who's been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Every single one of you.
Vance accused 37-year-old Renee Good of trying to hit the officer with her car. However, eyewitnesses told Minnesota Public Radio that agents were shouting conflicting orders, and videos appeared to show her driving away from, not at, the agents. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
Seventeen House Republicans joined with Democrats today in voting to restore health insurance subsidies that lapsed at the end of last year. The House version of the proposed extension is not likely to become law, but NPR's Sam Greenglass reports that a bipartisan group of senators say they're getting close to a deal on a compromise bill.
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