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On the Throughline podcast from npr. Immigration enforcement might be more visible now, but this moment didn't begin with President Trump's second inauguration or even his first, a series from Throughline about how immigration became political and a cash cow. Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. California's governor says President Trump has ordered 300 members of the state's National Guard to Oregon. From member station opb, Joanie Auden Land reports the decision comes after a federal judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon National Guard troops to Portland.
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On Saturday night. More than 100 California National Guard members landed in Oregon, says the state's governor, Tina Kotak. That same day, a federal judge had issued a restraining order preventing Trump from deploying the Oregon National Guard. Judge Karen Immerget said the federal government lacked the justification to take control of the state's National Guard. Governor Kotak said in a statement that the Trump administration was attempting to circumvent the restraining order. Trump has repeatedly described Portland as war ravaged by protests around the city's ICE detention facility. The governors of California and Oregon have promised to fight the deployment. For NPR News, I'm Joni Odenland in Portland, Oregon.
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Meanwhile, President Trump defended the National Guard's actions in Washington, D.C. you know what.
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We send in whatever's necessary. People don't care. They want to, they don't want crime in their cities. And we're doing it, and we're doing it well. We're doing it like nobody's ever done it before.
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Trump made the comment at a celebration in Norfolk, Virginia, today for the Navy's 250th anniversary. As with other recent addresses to military members, Trump turned the speech into an impromptu rally, with songs including his typical ymca, telling the crowd, this is sort of a rally. This is a speech of love. The president was introduced by first lady Melania Trump. The Supreme Court opens a new term tomorrow, and it promises to be enormously consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.
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While the justices have allowed Trump to fire independent agency directors and to carry out race based detention policies, those rulings were temporary and many are now returning to the court for full. Then, too, there's the case challenging Trump's massive tariffs. A federal appeals court ruled that Trump exceeded his statutory authority by relying on a 1970 statute that doesn't use the word tariff and has never been used to justify a tariff. In addition, coming soon is likely to be the unanswered question from last term. Did Trump exceed his authority when he issued an executive order limiting a constitutional provision that guarantees full citizenship for every person by born in the United States? Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.