Leila Falded
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Immigration Crackdown, Health Officials Muted, Oscar Nominations
Yeah, NPR has learned the Pentagon will be sending roughly 1,500 active duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico. And on Capitol Hill, Congress passed the Lake and Riley Act, a bill that makes it easier to detain and deport anyone in the U.S. without legal status if they've been charged with a crime.
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Immigration Crackdown, Health Officials Muted, Oscar Nominations
The National Institutes of Health was canceling meetings where scientists try to figure out what research needs federal funding.
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Immigration Crackdown, Health Officials Muted, Oscar Nominations
On day four of his presidency, Congress is giving Trump his first legislative win. A bill was sent to the president's desk that will make it easier to detain and deport people without legal status. I'm Leila Falded. That's Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. Scientists around the country started getting emails yesterday.
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Immigration Crackdown, Health Officials Muted, Oscar Nominations
The move comes after federal health officials were told to halt all public communications until they could be reviewed by a Trump appointee.
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Immigration Crackdown, Health Officials Muted, Oscar Nominations
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