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Chapter 1: What recent developments are impacting immigration policy in Minnesota?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's office says the governor met with President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, this morning. Walz is requesting a smaller federal presence in Minnesota and impartial investigations into immigration-related shootings in Minneapolis. Walz says he and Homan agreed to keep talking.
President Trump appointed his border czar to take over for Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino in the wake of two deadly shootings of U.S. citizens this month. A federal judge in Minnesota is ordering the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to personally appear in a Minneapolis courtroom this Friday. The judge says ICE has failed to comply with dozens of court orders.
From Minnesota Public Radio, Matt Sepik reports.
Two weeks ago, Judge Patrick Schiltz ruled that Juan Hugo Tobe Robles, whom immigration authorities arrested, is not subject to mandatory prolonged detention. But Schiltz says ICE is not complying with his order to provide a bond hearing or release the man, or with dozens of similar orders.
The judge ordered Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in court personally on Friday to answer why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
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Chapter 2: How is the U.S. population growth affected by immigration trends?
Schiltz was appointed by President George W. Bush and clerked for the late conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In a Monday order, Schiltz writes, quote, the court's patience is at an end. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
U.S. population growth slowed sharply last year due to a steep drop in immigration. NPR's Scott Horsley reports on the latest figures from the Census Bureau.
The U.S. population grew by 1.8 million people during the 12 months ending last June. That's about half the growth rate of the previous year. The downshift reflects a historic drop in net migration as fewer people enter the country through legal channels and others are forcibly removed.
Census forecasters say if current trends continue, immigration could fall by another million people in the current year.
Chapter 3: What new information has been revealed about Israeli hostages in Gaza?
Meanwhile, the native-born population is growing slowly with births outnumbering deaths by only about half a million during the year ending last June. That's less than half the natural increase in years before the pandemic. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Israeli officials have revealed more details of how the last Israeli hostage body was discovered Monday in Gaza. Here's NPR's Daniel Estrin.
Israel's domestic security agency says it captured an operative from the Islamic Jihad militant group last month in Gaza, who provided information pointing to a cemetery in Gaza City.
An Israeli search team of more than 100 people went there Sunday and exhumed hundreds of Palestinian bodies until a dentist identified the hostages' body Monday through his dental records, a military official told Israeli radio. In exchange, in the coming days, Israel is expected to hand over 15 Palestinians' bodies to Gaza, according to the ceasefire agreement. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
It's NPR News. The Arctic blast that brought a range of heavy snow, ice, and single-digit temperatures to more than half the country is blamed for at least 35 deaths. More than 500,000 utility customers across the South are dealing with unusually low temperatures without electricity.
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Chapter 4: What are the effects of the recent Arctic blast on the U.S. population?
That today, according to PowerOutage.us. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped updating databases that track important health issues. NPR's Rob Stein has the latest.
Yes. In a statement to NPR, the Health and Human Services Department says the CDC continues to monitor important health problems and that at least some of the delays may be due to the CDC consolidating databases. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Amazon has announced it's closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations. Instead, the e-commerce giant plans to focus on grocery delivery operations. In a blog post, Amazon says it plans to convert some spots. into Whole Foods market stores.
Chapter 5: What changes is Amazon making to its grocery operations?
At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 525 points, more than 1%, at 48,884. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.