ICE Student Arrests, HHS Cuts, Stefanik Nomination Pulled, China Trade City

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🗓️ 28 March 2025

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The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of visas of foreign students, including PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk who was detained on the street by ICE agents. The Trump administration plans to cut 20,000 jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services. President Trump pulls Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN Ambassador to keep her in the House, protecting the GOP's razor-thin majority. And, NPR looks at how U.S. tariffs are putting pressure on Chinese businesses, with some raising prices and others making trade-offs to stay competitive.

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0:00.0	protests in Boston over the arrest of a Tufts University student by ICE agents.
0:07.9	When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
0:11.0	Is the Trump administration targeting students just for criticizing Israel?
0:16.4	I'm Aemey Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.8	The Trump administration plans to cut 20,000 jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services.
0:28.3	We have two goals. The first is obvious to save the taxpayer money, and the second is to radically improve our quality of service.
0:35.9	Can they really cut that deep without hurting critical services?
0:39.4	And President Trump keeps House Republican slim majority intact
0:42.7	by pulling Elise Stefani's nomination for UN ambassador.
0:46.1	Plus, Steve Henskeep is in China,
0:47.9	where he's seeing how American tariffs are changing business
0:50.6	in one of the world's largest trading hubs.
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1:17.8	Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. has revoked hundreds of visas as part of a crackdown on student activists who opposed Israel's war in Gaza.
1:26.4	Outside Boston this week, about 2,000 people took
1:29.1	to the streets to call on the government to free Tufts University student Rumaesa Ozturk.
1:34.1	When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?
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