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NPR News: 01-16-2026 12PM EST

16 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent immigration developments are impacting Minneapolis residents?

2.039 - 20.419 Lakshmi Singh

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry says as many as 3,000 federal immigration officers are either deploying to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region or already on site. NPR's Meg Anderson reports some residents are afraid to leave their homes.

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20.399 - 42.489 Meg Anderson

In the Twin Cities, community members are standing guard outside of schools and daycares in case immigration officers show up. Many people are collecting food donations and giving rides to people who are afraid to leave their homes. One woman, who asked to only be identified by her first initial A because she's afraid she'll be deported, told NPR she has not left her home in several weeks.

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42.549 - 45.934 Maria Corina Machado

I feel like I don't see a future, that I don't see...

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45.914 - 66.201 Meg Anderson

A said she feels like she can't see a future for herself or her family. She's an asylum seeker with two young U.S. citizen children. And her fear of leaving the house is not unfounded. NPR has witnessed immigration officers stopping and detaining people of color seemingly at random on the street. Meg Anderson, NPR News.

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66.637 - 83.258 Lakshmi Singh

Venezuela and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is speaking this hour at the Heritage Foundation as she seeks President Trump's support for her bid to lead her country. So far, the administration is backing the government once led by Nicolás Maduro until he was seized by U.S. forces earlier this month.

83.438 - 96.475 Maria Corina Machado

I am profoundly, profoundly confident that we will have an orderly transition. This is a complex phase we are right now. Some of the dirty work is being done by them.

Chapter 2: How are communities responding to immigration enforcement fears?

97.771 - 109.631 Maria Corina Machado

But then the result of a stable transition will be a proud Venezuela who is going to be the best ally the United States has ever had in the Americas.

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110.473 - 126.547 Lakshmi Singh

Machado praises President Trump. At the White House yesterday, she gave him her medal for the Nobel Peace Prize to the shock of many lawmakers and residents in Norway. However, the Nobel Committee notes Machado is still the 2025 winner of the Peace Prize. With Trump doubling down on the idea of U.S.

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126.567 - 139.877 Lakshmi Singh

control of Greenland, European soldiers have begun a military exercise in that region meant to show solidarity. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports a meeting between U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials failed to resolve disagreements.

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139.857 - 158.76 Eleanor Beardsley

France, Sweden, Germany and Norway announced they would deploy military personnel in Greenland as part of a European reconnaissance mission to explore options for ensuring security in light of U.S. pressure. Retired French General Pierre de Villiers spoke about the mission on French public TV channel France 2.

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158.74 - 178.723 Eleanor Beardsley

It's to give a signal to the international community that Europe is reacting and exploring its options, he said. De Villiers said the specialized Alpine soldiers would see what kind of cooperation can be done alongside Denmark and weigh whether Europe should send combat troops to protect the territory. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. It's NPR.

181.589 - 196.712 Lakshmi Singh

Canada and China have signed what they call a strategic partnership and revived a number of trade and economic channels between the two countries. Huge diplomatic reset for Canada. NPR's Emily Fang reports as it looks to reduce dependence on the U.S.

196.692 - 215.798 Mark Carney

China ties nearly evaporated after 2018 when Canada arrested a high-profile executive with the Chinese telecom firm Huawei at the behest of the U.S. But in Canada's first state visit in eight years to China, Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a cordial tone with Chinese leaders Xi Jinping and the country's premier Li Qiang.

215.778 - 225.63 Mark Carney

And a new partnership with Beijing this week will revive a bilateral trade commission and set up new committees to explore business collaboration in agriculture, energy and finance.

225.89 - 240.828 Lakshmi Singh

NPR's Emily Fang reporting. The Australian government says millions of social media accounts in the country have been deactivated. That comes after Australia banned children last month from accessing the online platforms. Katie Silver has details.

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