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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The Trump administration is tightening restrictions on members of Congress visiting ICE facilities. Lawmakers will now be required to submit requests at least a week in advance. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, this all comes as the administration faces intense scrutiny over its immigration enforcement policies.
Chapter 2: What new restrictions has the Trump administration imposed on Congress regarding ICE visits?
In her memo, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem argued that unannounced visits take ICE officers away from their normal duties. And she argued that visiting lawmakers are creating, quote, circus-like publicity stunts.
The memo was made public on Saturday, but it was filed Thursday, just a day after an ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, sparking intense criticism and nationwide protests. And some Democratic lawmakers have already been turned away from visiting ICE facilities. On Saturday, three House Democrats said they were denied access to an ICE processing center in Minneapolis.
Elena Moore, NPR News.
Protests are continuing in Iran over the state of that country's economy, and the death toll continues to rise. Activists now say more than 540 demonstrators have been killed. President Trump has said he might attack Iran if protesters continue to die, but Republican Senator Rand Paul is critical of Trump's approach.
Bombing is not the answer. Plus, there is this sticking point of the Constitution that we don't let presidents bomb countries just when they feel like it. They're supposed to ask the people through the Congress for permission.
Paul was speaking on ABC's This Week television program. Trump, meanwhile, said Sunday that Iran is reaching out for negotiations over the issue. NATO's top military commander says melting Arctic ice will increase the access of Russia and China to the waters near NATO territory. But as Terry Schultz reports, he says there's no immediate risk to the alliance.
NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Alexis Grinkovich, was asked at a conference in Sweden whether Russia and China are conducting significant military activity near NATO's northernmost members. This is one reason President Trump says the U.S. must acquire Greenland, an issue causing a lot of angst in Europe.
Grinkovich did not address the current situation, but said cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is on the rise.
We have had Chinese vessels patrolling with Russia, not only on the north coast of Russia, but also north of Alaska and near Canada. It's not for peaceful purposes.
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