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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh Kilmar. Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador and later returned to the United States, has has been taken into immigration custody. Now he's being processed for deportation to Uganda. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports.
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Today's development was expected. That's because last week the US Government served Abrego Garcia with a notification requiring him to report to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Baltimore for a mandatory check in. This came after he was released from federal custody in Tennessee pending a trial on separate criminal charges. The government also notified him then he was likely likely to be deported to Uganda. Abrego Garcia has already filed a lawsuit challenging his new detention and the efforts to deport him without due process that could delay his deportation and put his fate again in the hands of a federal judge. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News.
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President Trump wants to do away with a cashless bail for people arrested in Washington, D.C. he signed an executive order today against the practice, which he described as a pass for violent criminals in the District.
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They kill people. How do they get out? Cashless bail. They thought it was discriminatory to make people put up money because they just killed three people lying on a street, any street, all over the country. Cashless bail. We're ending it, but we're starting by ending it in D.C. and that we have the right to do through federalization.
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Supporters of the policy view it as a measure against financial based discrimination. President Trump is also ordering the prosecution of anyone who engages in Florida flag burning. Medics and reporters say Israeli attacks on a hospital complex in Gaza have left at least 21 people dead. Those killed include several Palestinian journalists working for international news organizations. NPR's E.A. batrawi has details.
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An Israeli strike appears to have hit a live position for Reuters broadcast at a main hospital before the military struck the medical complex a second time, striking a stairwell where more journalists and rescue workers had gathered. Media outlets and including Reuters confirmed their journalists were killed in Israel's attack on the Nasser medical complex in southern Gaza. The four journalists killed were identified as Reuters cameraman Hossam al Masri, Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, freelance journalist Maryam Abu Dhaka, a mother who freelanced with the AP and others, and journalist Moaz Abutaha, a Reuters photographer, is among several wounded Palestinians count more than 240 journalists killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks in the war. Aya Batrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
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At last check on Wall street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 222 points, or nearly half a percent. This is NPR News. This week marks 70 years since Emmett Till was killed in Mississippi. The murder of the black teenager is considered one of the country's most infamous cases of racially motivated violence. NPR's Amy Held says the federal government releasing additional records about Till's death.
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The National Archives has posted thousands of pages related to the federal government's response, or lack thereof. There's a 1955 memo from then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover saying despite pressure, they would not investigate what happened to Emmett Till. The 14 year old accused by a white woman of unwanted attention was kidnapped and killed. The men who later confessed to the crime, acquitted by their Mississippi peers. The surrounding publicity would expose the unwritten code of the Jim Crow south, and it became a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Review Board says the new documents offer long overdue clarity and note. Even after all these years, Emmett Till's story is still being written. Amy Held, NPR News.
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Firefighters in central Oregon are trying to contain a growing blaze that's already destroyed at least four homes. Officials say that and another fire put thousands of homes in Oregon and Northern California's wine country under evacuation orders. Oregon's Flat Fire has spread across 29 square miles. The Picket fire in Northern California has scorched 10 square miles. The Dow is off 227 points at last glance. This is NPR.
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Garcia had been recently released from federal custody in Tennessee, pending trial on separate criminal charges.
The U.S. government required him to check in at ICE offices in Baltimore and alerted him to likely deportation to Uganda.
Garcia has filed a lawsuit over his current detention and the expedited deportation effort, potentially delaying removal and placing his fate before a federal judge.
“Abrego Garcia has already filed a lawsuit challenging his new detention and the efforts to deport him without due process, that could delay his deportation and put his fate again in the hands of a federal judge.”
—Sergio Martinez Beltran [01:16]
[01:20] President Trump signs an executive order to end cashless bail for arrestees in Washington, D.C., arguing it enables violent criminals' release.
He characterizes cashless bail as a loophole and justifies federal intervention through "federalization."
“They kill people. How do they get out? Cashless bail. They thought it was discriminatory to make people put up money because they just killed three people lying on a street, any street, all over the country. Cashless bail. We’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in D.C., and that we have the right to do through federalization.”
—President Trump [01:35]
Policy Debate:
[01:55] Trump also announces new orders to prosecute anyone burning Florida flags.
An Israeli strike hits a live broadcast station for Reuters at the hospital before a second hit targets a stairwell where more journalists and rescue workers gathered.
Confirmed journalist casualties: Reuters cameraman Hossam al Masri, Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, freelancer Maryam Abu Dhaka, and journalist Moaz Abutaha.
Over 240 journalists have died in Gaza during the current war.
“Media outlets and including Reuters confirmed their journalists were killed in Israel's attack on the Nasser medical complex in southern Gaza... Palestinians count more than 240 journalists killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks in the war.”
—E.A. Batrawi [02:40]
Thousands of pages detail the federal response, including a 1955 FBI memo declining to investigate despite public outcry.
Till's murder and subsequent publicity exposed racial violence in the Jim Crow South and became pivotal for the Civil Rights Movement.
The newly released documents offer "long overdue clarity" and demonstrate the story's enduring impact.
“Even after all these years, Emmett Till’s story is still being written.”
—Amy Held [04:23]
On Immigration Detention:
“Abrego Garcia has already filed a lawsuit challenging his new detention and the efforts to deport him without due process...could delay his deportation and put his fate again in the hands of a federal judge.”
—Sergio Martinez Beltran [01:16]
On Ending Cashless Bail:
“They kill people. How do they get out? Cashless bail...We’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in D.C.”
—President Trump [01:35]
On Journalist Fatalities in Gaza:
“Media outlets and including Reuters confirmed their journalists were killed in Israel's attack...Palestinians count more than 240 journalists killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks in the war.”
—E.A. Batrawi [02:40]
On Emmett Till’s Legacy:
“Even after all these years, Emmett Till’s story is still being written.”
—Amy Held [04:23]
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