Minneapolis Protests, Immigration Enforcement Shootings, Running Venezuela

明尼苏达抗议活动,移民执法射击事件,运行委内瑞拉

Up First

2026-01-09

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Protesters in Minneapolis return to the streets as federal agents take over the investigation into the killing of a Minnesota woman by an ICE agent, while Portland officials condemn another immigration-related shooting.A review of immigration related shootings under President Trump shows a rising pattern of violence as federal agents carry out increasingly aggressive and public operations in U.S. cities.And President Trump signals the U.S. could run Venezuela “much longer” than expected, as oil executives head to the White House to discuss America’s expanded oversight of the country’s future. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Gigi Douban, Rebekah Metzler, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Milton Guevara and Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. Our technical director is Stacey Abbott.Our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor. (0:00) Introduction(01:54) Minneapolis Protests(05:29) Immigration Enforcement Shootings(09:04) Running Venezuela Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Protests extended into a second day in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot and killed a boy.

  • The federal government has taken over the investigation, leaving state officials shut out.

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  • A former acting director of ICE says immigration agents are pursuing different strategies than in the past.

  • Tasking the agents with being the front line on the crowd control.

  • You're creating a toxic stew there.

  • Is there some connection between the tactics and the number of shootings in the past year?

  • Also today, oil executives meet with President Trump after he said the U.S.

  • would run Venezuela much longer than expected.

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