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NPR News: 02-04-2026 8AM EST

04 Feb 2026

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What updates are there on President Trump's immigration policies?

0.031 - 21.814 Corva Coleman

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, is scheduled to hold a news conference in Minnesota this morning. He arrived last week to take over Trump's immigration crackdown after federal agents shot and killed a second protester in Minneapolis. Homan suggested federal forces could be drawn down. if Minnesota leaders cooperate more.

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22.295 - 31.306 Corva Coleman

Minnesota officials say they already do this. Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Baxt says despite Homan's arrival, the situation appears to be the same.

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31.907 - 45.664 Brian Baxt

Agents are still making arrests, protests large and small continue to happen, and observers are still out there with their whistles to alert people to the ICE presence and their cameras to record encounters. We haven't seen that much of Homan, but today he'll hold only his second news conference since his arrival in Minnesota.

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45.914 - 59.655 Brian Baxt

which is a contrast to the regular ICE briefings that featured mugshots of detainees and stern warnings about observers getting in the way before Holman arrived. Mostly, Holman has been meeting privately with elected officials, local law enforcement, and other business and civic leaders.

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59.835 - 74.253 Corva Coleman

Brian Baxter reporting. At least two cases of measles have been confirmed at an ICE detention facility holding families in South Texas. NPR's Maria Godoy reports this is the second report of measles at an ICE facility in recent weeks.

74.533 - 97.774 Dr. Catherine Peeler

Two people held at the Federal Immigration Detention Center have been quarantined for measles, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. She said federal officials have halted all movement within the center and they're quarantining anyone exposed. Dr. Catherine Peeler of Harvard says a 2016 study of an ICE facility found measles can spread quickly in a crowded center.

97.754 - 100.158 Dr. Catherine Peeler

even with high overall levels of immunity.

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I'm very concerned that we're going to see higher rates of measles outbreaks, the same way that we saw a lot of, we saw very high rates of COVID, both in adult detention centers as well as family detention centers.

111.114 - 117.984 Dr. Catherine Peeler

And as vaccination rates decline, she says the risks of measles outbreaks grows. Maria Godoy, NPR News.

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