Democrats Push to Impeach Kristi Noem, and Ilhan Omar Is Attacked in Minneapolis
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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Will Jarvis, in for Tracy Mumford. Today's Wednesday, January 28th. Here's what we're covering.
ICE cannot be reformed. It cannot be rehabilitated. We must abolish ICE for good.
In Minneapolis last night, Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar held a town hall meeting to address the ongoing ICE operations in the city, parts of which she represents.
And DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment.
A few minutes after she started talking, a man jumped up from the audience, rushed forward, and used a syringe to spray Omar with a substance that smelled strongly of vinegar.
I don't know.
A security officer tackled the man who police arrested on suspicion of assault. The U.S. Capitol Police, which investigates threats against lawmakers, said in a statement the attack was unacceptable and would be met with, quote, swift justice.
Just give me 10 minutes. Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you.
As the man was hauled away, Omar insisted to her staff that she would continue the event.
Here is the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand. We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.
Some great people come in. They have to show that they can love our country. They have to be proud. Not like Ilhan Omar.
Did you see what... A few hours earlier, President Trump, who has repeatedly made inflammatory, racist remarks about Omar and her Somali heritage, had mocked her at a rally in Iowa.
You know, she's always talking about the Constitution, you know, provides me with the following. You know, the Constitution, she comes from a country that's a disaster.
And in a phone interview with ABC News after the attack, Trump, who said he hadn't seen video of the incident, accused Omar of staging it. He said, quote, she probably had herself sprayed knowing her. Meanwhile, the backlash to the killings by federal agents in Minneapolis this month has now swept up two key administration officials. Yesterday, top House Democrats said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, and that if she isn't, they would push to impeach her, though they would need some Republican support to do that. And the Times has learned that the administration has barred Gregory Bovino, a senior Customs and Border Patrol officer, from his official social media account.
Bovino had used the account to promote his work and hit back at critics. He's been recalled from his assignment in Minnesota as the White House tries to do damage control over the aggressive immigration operations in the state. And in terms of how the administration's immigration policies have been playing out for the whole country, new data from the Census Bureau shows that Trump's approach has contributed to a sharp slowdown in population growth. According to the numbers, the U.S. added just over a million people in the first half of last year, one of the slowest growth rates in American history. While part of it is America's declining birth rate, which has been dropping for nearly two decades, other major reasons include Trump's effective shutdown of the southern border, how hard he's made it to get visas, and the fact that a lot of people are simply choosing not to come to the U.S.
at all. This week marks the beginning of tax season in the U.S., when the Internal Revenue Service braces for more than 140 million tax returns to pour in, and many Americans start anxiously waiting for their tax refund.
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