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ICE Student Arrests, HHS Cuts, Stefanik Nomination Pulled, China Trade City
28 Mar 2025
The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of visas of foreign students, including PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk who was detained on the street by ICE agents. The Trump administration plans to cut 20,000 jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services. President Trump pulls Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN Ambassador to keep her in the House, protecting the GOP's razor-thin majority. And, NPR looks at how U.S. tariffs are putting pressure on Chinese businesses, with some raising prices and others making trade-offs to stay competitive.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Eric Westervelt, Jane Greenhalgh, Jason Breslow, Reena Advani, Arezou Rezvani and Mohamad ElBardicy.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Milton Guevara, Aowen Cao, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis, and our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Protests in Boston over the arrest of a Tufts University student by ICE agents.
When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? Is the Trump administration targeting students just for criticizing Israel?
I'm Amy Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Trump administration plans to cut 20,000 jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services.
We have two goals. The first is obvious, to save the taxpayer money. And the second is to radically improve our quality of service.
Can they really cut that deep without hurting critical services?
And President Trump keeps House Republicans' slim majority intact by pulling Elise Stefanik's nomination for U.N. ambassador. Plus, Steve Inskeep is in China, where he's seeing how American tariffs are changing business in one of the world's largest trading hubs. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S.
has revoked hundreds of visas as part of a crackdown on student activists who opposed Israel's war in Gaza.
Outside Boston this week, about 2,000 people took to the streets to call on the government to free Tufts University student Rumesa Ozturk. Immigration agents in plain clothes and face masks arrested Ozturk off the street and plan to deport her. She's the latest foreign-born student taken into custody as the Trump administration goes after university protesters.
NPR's Adrian Florido has been tracking these developments, and he's with us now. Good morning, Adrian. Good morning, Michelle. So, Adrian, tell us more about Urmesa Ozturk and what happened to her.
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