It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC.

I'm Kusha Navidar, filling in for Brian today.

Happy Friday.

Coming up on today's show, our colleague Liam Quigley, a reporter at WNYC, and Gothamist,

will share his investigation into New York City's tow truck industry. He found some unscrupulous

business practices that's impacting street safety, insurance payouts, and more. Plus, later in the

show, New York Times editorial board member Biniamen Applebaum will talk about how the drop in immigrants coming to this country does not necessarily mean more jobs for Americans.

And ahead of Valentine's Day, we'll wrap today's show with a conversation about money for you couples out there.

How do you navigate it, both when you're just starting to date and when you've been

together for a while?

We'll have a personal finance writer share some tips for how to manage money with your honey.

But first, today's the deadline for Congress to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

And by all accounts, there's no deal coming

on the Democrats' demand for reforms in the wake of the shooting deaths of two protesters

in Minneapolis. But meanwhile, Borders are Tom Homan announced the immigration enforcement

surge has ended. We've had great success with this operation, and we're leaving Minnesota safer.

Borders are Tom Homan press conference announcing end of Minnesota surge.

And we're going to talk about these developments, plus the importance of the House vote to end the tariffs

President Trump imposed on Canada last year and more with Susan Page,

USA Today Washington Bureau Chief, and the author of several books, including her latest, which is due

out in April, called The Queen and Her Presidents. Welcome back to the show, Susan. It's great to be

back with you. So starting with today's deadline for funding DHS, let's talk about how we got here. It was after the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Prady in Minneapolis that Democrats demanded reforms to how immigration enforcement officers conduct operations before they'd go along with funding the government when that came up for a vote at the

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