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Chapter 1: Why are Americans concerned about crime despite declining rates?
Americans are seemingly always worried about crime, even when crime rates are dramatically declining. And while politicians for both parties always vow to do something about it, President Trump has really leaned into it. Taking down the worst of the worst, getting criminals off the street, all of that is like linking crime and immigration.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. There are a record number of people in immigration detention in the U.S., according to the most recent statistics released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Chapter 2: What are the latest statistics on immigration detention in the U.S.?
NPR's Jasmine Garst has more.
Immigration detention numbers reached a new high in January, over 71,000 people. There were around 40,000 at the beginning of the Trump administration. Of the current detainees, 74% have no criminal conviction and almost half have never even been charged.
The administration has come under increased scrutiny for its immigration operations in Minneapolis following the killings of two American citizens by federal agents. In response, Border Czar Tom Holman has said these are highly targeted operations seeking out criminals. Immigrant rights advocates say the operations are casting wide nets and racially profiling people with no records.
Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
The bipartisan budget just passed into law will restore a lot of funding and programs in the federal health agency. Congress also created new guardrails for the agency after a chaotic year. NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin has more.
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last year, tens of thousands of staff quit or were fired, grants were canceled with no notice, and congressionally required programs were hollowed out. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, says she helped write the new health budget with this goal.
How do we rein in an agency that has gone rogue?
The new bipartisan law includes detailed instructions to fund specific centers, to fully staff them, to pay grantees promptly, and more.
It's very, very specific. It is law. And by the way, the president just signed it.
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