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Live from NPR News, I'm Jael Snyder. President Trump says a new requirement that all federal agents in Minneapolis wear body cameras was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision to make.
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Well, it wasn't my decision. I would have, you know, leave it to her. They generally tend to be good for law enforcement because people can't lie about what's happening.
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Secretary Ngo made the body cam announcement on social media Monday, saying the requirement will be expanded nationwide as funding becomes available. The move comes amid calls for accountability following the shooting Deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis and the subsequent partial government shutdown over Homeland Security funding. Meanwhile, immigration agents in Minnesota have arrested more than 100 refugees despite their legal status. NPR center for Ludden reports it's part of a larger administration plan to re examine refugee cases.
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When ICE agents arrested one 20 year old refugee, his mother says she felt the same fear her family had fled in Venezuela. Their massed paramilitary groups kidnapped people. She says she did not want to use her name for fear of retaliation. The Trump administration says it's reviewing refugee cases for potential fraud, but Jane Grautman with the International Institute of Minnesota says they are already intensely vetted.
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You know, the FBI has already checked them, they've had biometric screenings.
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Many have been detained in Texas, then released with no charges. A class action lawsuit calls arresting refugees unlawful and a judge has ordered them stopped while the case plays out. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Minneapolis.
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A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration plan to end legal protections for some 350,000 Haitians. The Homeland Security Department sought to terminate Haiti's Temporary Protected Status, but a judge in Washington, D.C. granted a request to pause the termination. While a class action lawsuit challenging it plays out, Justice Department has removed Ed Martin from a working group set up to review alleged misconduct by prosecutors under the Biden administration. Martin has defended January 6th rioters and over the past year has emerged as a controversial figure at the justice department. He here's NPR's Ryan Lucas.