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Windsor Johnston (0:20)
In Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has placed the state's National Guard on standby. The move follows growing unrest over the presence of federal immigrants agents in Minneapolis. ICE is now the highest funded U.S. law enforcement agency. But as NPR's Bill Chappell reports, there are questions about how the Department of Homeland Security is using that money.
Bill Chappell (0:46)
Last summer, President Trump's spending and policy package, what he dubbed his big beautiful bill, gave ICE an extra $75 billion.
Lauren Brooke Isen (0:54)
It's larger than the annual budget of all other federal law enforcement agencies combined.
Bill Chappell (1:00)
That's Lauren Brooke Isen, the senior director of the Justice Program at Brennan Center. She says billions of dollars are going to detaining people, but far less goes to ensure oversight and due process after an ICE officer killed Renee Macklin Goode in Minneapolis, Democrats are calling for changes to how ICE operates as Congress looks at new immigration related spending for 2026. Bill Chappell, NPR News.
Windsor Johnston (1:23)
European Union ambassadors are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels today to discuss President Trump's threat to impose tariffs on European allies against his push to take over GRE. Trump announced a 10% tariff on February 1st if there's no deal for the US to buy the self governing island. The BBC's Hugh Schofield reports.
Hugh Schofield (1:45)
As leader of one of the eight countries named by Donald Trump, President Macron said his threats were unacceptable and had no place in the discussions over Greenland. If the tariffs were to be confirmed, he said, the Europeans would respond in a unified and coordinated manner to defend European sovereignty. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said the EU stood in full solid with Denmark and the people of Greenland. The Danish foreign minister said he was surprised by the American threat because the planned military exercises in Greenland were precisely, he said, to increase Arctic security.
Windsor Johnston (2:20)
That's the BBC's Hugh Schofield reporting. A trade agreement in Paraguay between the European Union and South American countries is the largest ever negotiated by the European Union. Terry Schultz reports.