Minneapolis Children Describe ‘Living in Fear,’ and China’s President Carries Out a Mass Purge
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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Wednesday, February 4th. Here's what we're covering.
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On Capitol Hill yesterday, lawmakers heard testimony from two brothers of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last month.
This is not just a bad day or a rough week or isolated incidents. These encounters with federal agents are changing many lives, including ours, forever.
They urged Congress to rein in the White House's aggressive immigration operations, saying Good's death was part of a pattern of abuses from agents. The event was held by congressional Democrats. No Republicans were there when the brothers spoke. Disagreements in Congress over immigration enforcement had triggered a government shutdown earlier this week. That ended last night after the House narrowly passed a spending bill. But the question of ongoing support for President Trump's immigration operations remains. Lawmakers only agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, through next week. Democrats say before they give the agency any more money, there must be new restrictions.
They're pushing for things like mandatory independent investigations after shootings. Meanwhile, on the ground in Minnesota, Times reporters have been covering how the continued presence of thousands of federal agents has shaken the Twin Cities. Officials in Minneapolis, for example, estimate the city's been losing $20 million a week as the majority of businesses there, like hotels, restaurants, and stores, have seen sales drop. The impact's been particularly intense on businesses that cater to immigrants or rely on them for staffing. One grocery store owner told the Times he'd lost about half his employees. They were too scared to come into work. He now keeps the front door of the store locked.
and when it comes to children, our schools. We've got video footage at night of ICE officers walking around schools in the middle of the night. We had reports this morning, they're following the buses to the bus stops where they let kids off.
Yesterday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said the ICE operations have also taken an intense toll on children in the state, and that he was particularly worried about kids getting swept up in immigration raids, like the high-profile case of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was photographed wearing his Spider-Man backpack as he and his father were detained.
I sent Kristi Noem a letter today demanding clear answers on how many children are currently being held in federal detention centers, where they're at, why they were taken, and what their due process rights are.
Trump administration officials have denied that federal agents target schools and said they're focused on arresting violent criminals. But many families are still on edge. The Times talked with the mother of a 9-year-old who's having her son carry a copy of his U.S. passport in his backpack now, and another mom who sends her 8- and 15-year-old kids to school in the Minneapolis suburbs with their passports in clear pouches hanging around their necks. The 8-year-old told The Times she was still worried about what could happen, saying, quote, "'I have a passport, but it's paper, not a shield.'"
Americans are calling on their leaders to take action on affordability. Housing has consistently been one of the top-ranked issues that families care about. For the past few months on Capitol Hill, Republicans, Democrats, and independents all agree housing prices are too high, the supply too low, and regulations too much.
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