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This message comes from Alexa. Say hello to Alexa and see how Alexa can do more for you craving your favorite restaurant. Alexa's on it free with prime on your Amazon devices. Learn more@Amazon.com Alexaplus live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. President Trump now says he will only accept unconditional surrender from Iran, saying anything else would be unacceptable in order to end the US Israeli war in that country. A new NPR PBS News Marist poll shows the majority of Americans are opposed to Trump's actions in Iran. NPR's Domenico Montanaro has more.
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A majority are against the military action. You know, 56% said that they oppose. And that's of the almost 1600 people that Maris surveyed this week. And like we've seen in other polls, Democrats and independents are largely aligned. Almost 9 in 10 Democrats and 61% of independents are against the war, but Republicans heavily in support, 84% say that they're in favor.
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NPR's Domenico Montanaro. Meanwhile, the UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher says the Middle east is in grave danger, with tens of millions of civilians caught in the crossfire in several countries as the war escalates. A routine court filing in an immigration case in Texas has revealed a nationwide government policy to detain undocumented family members who who try to get their children out of immigration detention. Mark Bettencourt has more.
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Migrant advocates say it's the first hard evidence of a formal Department of Homeland Security policy to arrest and deport the relatives of detained migrant children. The DHS document says, quote, operation Guardian Trace led to the arrest of an undocumented Venezuelan man late last year during an interview about getting his teenage children out of federal custody. Michonne Rowe is an attorney at the national center for Youth Law. She says the government is legally required to release detained children to their relatives as soon as possible. By arresting the relatives when they try to collect the children, she says, it's violating that law.
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This confirms what we have known for months, that the government is explicitly and deliberately using children as bait.
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DHS did not respond to questions about the policy. For NPR News, I'm Mark Bettencourt.
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Stocks lower by the closing bell, ending a volatile week on a downbeat with a surprisingly bad jobs report. NPR's Maria Aspen has more.
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The markets have spent the week in a state of whiplash after the US And Israel oil prices have surged and companies that rely heavily on oil, like cruise lines and airlines, have seen their shares tumble. Investors were hoping for some reassurance and signs of hiring from the monthly jobs report, but instead they got another warning about the state of the economy. The Labor Department said that employers cut 92,000 jobs last month with widespread losses across industries and the federal government. The weaker than expected jobs report comes as Americans are already anxious about the high cost of living and are facing a sharp jump in the cost of gasoline. Maria Aspen, NPR News.