ICE protest, brief shutdown and Don Lemon
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Hi, I'm your weekend host, Sharon Reich-Garson. It's Saturday, January 31st. Today, thousands protest across the U.S. as anger grows over deadly immigration enforcement. The U.S.
What sparked the nationwide protests against ICE?
government enters what's likely to be a brief shutdown. Plus, a sewing mistake becomes a viral symbol of burnout in China. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week. We begin in the U.S., where thousands of protesters took to the streets across the country on Friday, angry over the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents. From Houston to D.C., to Los Angeles, where riot police with shields lined up outside a detention center, facing off against demonstrators, some of whom came wearing gas masks in anticipation. They were joined by students across the country who staged walkouts to show solidarity.
Here's Adi, who didn't give their last name.
I think that Congress needs to take action, especially Democratic senators and representatives. And I think that they need to rise up. And I also think we need to vote in 2026.
In the meantime, the Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Preti, the ICU nurse shot and killed by a federal immigration officer. It could lead to criminal charges, though the legal bar is high. There have been mixed messages from the Trump administration about whether they're in fact trying to dial down tensions. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump on Friday described Preti as, quote, an agitator and perhaps an insurrectionist. And while the protests continue, we're taking a deeper look at how all this unfolded. On this weekend's episode of On Assignment, host Christopher Waljasper talks with Reuters reporters on the ground in Minneapolis covering the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the tense moments after a second U.S.
citizen was killed by ICE agents.
I think what was different was you had the civilians more angry than I've ever seen.
We'll drop a link in the pod description. Over to Iran now, where a series of explosions were heard in the southern port early Saturday. The cause of the blast wasn't immediately clear when this podcast was published, and authorities haven't released any details. It comes at a moment of rising tension between Tehran and Washington after Iranian authorities moved to quell the biggest protest the country has seen in three years. And all of this is unfolding against the backdrop of continued Western concern over Iran's nuclear program. You can follow the latest on this developing story at Reuters.com and on the Reuters app. Meanwhile, anger over the immigration crackdown has led to a partial government shutdown now in effect.
But it's unlikely to last long. The Senate pushed through a huge spending bill on Friday right up against the deadline. But because the Senate passed an amendment, it has to go back to the House of Representatives, which doesn't come back until Monday. The issue is Democrats not wanting to continue Homeland Security funding, but that's been separated out. Now Homeland Security gets a two-week extension, giving lawmakers more time to hammer out new limits on immigration agents. Reporter Andy Sullivan says unlike the last shutdown, which lasted 43 days, this will be relatively quick.
If you think back to the shutdown last fall, Republicans and Democrats were really dug in in their dispute over health care policy. Neither side budged until 43 days. That was a record longest shutdown ever. It cost the economy $11 trillion. This time around, neither side seems willing to take the government funding hostage while they debate immigration policy. The spending bill passed the Senate by a wide margin on Friday, and the House expects to take it up quickly when they return on Monday. Of course, this is Congress, and this is the year 2026, so things could go sideways pretty quickly. We'll have to wait and see how things turn out, but right now, signs don't point to a long, disruptive shutdown.
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