Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The showdown over heavy immigration enforcement in Minnesota now involves the arrests of at least three people. They're accused of helping organize a protest that disrupted Sunday service at a St. Paul church where one of the pastors is linked to immigration and customs enforcement. NPR's Sarah Ventry has details.
Chapter 2: What recent events have occurred related to immigration enforcement in Minnesota?
Nikima Levy-Armstrong is a civil rights attorney and allegedly played a role in organizing the protest, in which demonstrators went to Cities Church, a Southern Baptist church, and chanted, One of the church's pastors, David Easterwood, leads the local ICE field office. In a post on X announcing the arrest, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote, Listen loud and clear.
We do not tolerate attacks on places of worship. Bondi is also the chair of President Trump's task force to, quote, eradicate anti-Christian bias. This all comes as thousands of federal agents remain in the Twin Cities conducting immigration enforcement operations, and large-scale protests are planned for Friday. Sarah Ventry, NPR News, Minneapolis.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar filed paperwork today to build out a campaign for governor of Minnesota. This in the aftermath of Governor Tim Walz's abrupt exit from the race as federal allegations of state government fraud on his watch intensified. Former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith has publicly testified before Congress for the first time.
since his investigations into President Trump ended. He says he has no regret about the criminal charges he brought against a Republican leader. Committee Chair Jim Jordan was among the Republicans to criticize Smith as partisan investigator.
Democrats have been going after President Trump for 10 years, for a decade, and the country should never, ever forget what they did.
Ranking Democrat Jamie Raskin applauded Smith.
Special Counsel Smith, you pursued the facts. You followed every applicable law, ethics rule, and DOJ regulation. Your decisions were reviewed by the public integrity section. You acted based solely on the facts, the opposite of Donald Trump.
Now to developments out of Davos. Pakistan is facing criticism at home after it accepted President Trump's invitation to join the Board of Peace regarding Gaza.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif sat next to President Trump and signed the Board of Peace Charter at a ceremony at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos. But Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, who is the leader of opposition in Pakistan's upper house, said the board actually stripped the Palestinians of the right to govern themselves.
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