Chapter 1: What recent events have sparked controversy over immigration enforcement?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is blaming Democrats for what he calls the chaos that caused the deaths of two people during his immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Both Renee Good and Alex Preddy were killed by federal agents. Trump also called on Congress to pass legislation banning so-called sanctuary cities.
Meanwhile, local officials and protesters in Minnesota are demanding that federal immigration officers leave the state. Here's Governor Tim Walz.
We believe in law and order in this state. We believe in peace. And we believe that Donald Trump needs to pull these 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another person. And we're up here telling another story.
More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies signed an open letter calling for state and federal officials to work together during the crackdown. The list includes the CEOs of 3M, Best Buy, and Target. Over the past two weeks, protesters have targeted some businesses they see as aiding federal immigration enforcement.
The Senate has until the end of the week to sign off on nearly $1.3 trillion in spending, or many parts of the federal government could shut down. But the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis is complicating that task. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
Most Senate Democrats say they will not vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security without new guardrails for immigration enforcement. Opposition to the sum $10 billion for immigration and customs enforcement is threatening the entire spending package, needed to keep huge swaths of the federal government open past Friday night.
The measure, which also includes money for health, defense, transportation, and more, need support from at least some Democrats to pass. Senate Republicans could agree to consider DHS funding separately from everything else, but the House would need to sign off again. And the House is on recess and is unlikely to be called back before funding lapses. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
Massachusetts is expecting up to two feet of snow as a large swath of the country is being hit by a massive winter storm. From Member Station WBUR in Boston, Josie Guarino reports the storm is forecast to dump snow through tomorrow night.
Governor Mara Healy is urging people to stay indoors and hunker down if possible.
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Chapter 2: How are local officials and business leaders responding to federal immigration actions?
Yesterday, Honnold free-climbed Taipei 101, Taiwan's iconic skyscraper. NPR's Emily Fang reports.
A large crowd cheered as Honnold scaled the more than 1,600-foot-high blue glass and steel skyscraper with nothing more than his hands and some chalk, no rope, and no safety net. He said he'd been thinking of climbing Taipei 101 for years.
If you look at a building like Taipei 101, you're just like, dude, it's so big. It's so much bigger than everything around it. The view is insane.
At 101 stories tall, Taipei 101 is one of the tallest buildings in Asia and built in a high-risk earthquake zone, which it compensates for with an internal steel damper that sways whenever there's a quake to counteract it and stop the building from breaking in half. In total, the climb took Honnold about an hour and a half. Emily Fang, NPR News.
French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to fast-track a ban on social media for children under age 15. The move follows a similar ban in Australia and as Britain considers one. This is NPR News.
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