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Federal immigration officers have been using specifically chokeholds

and other similar tactics that can restrict people's breathing.

Ice agents are using potentially deadly force to make arrests, sometimes using

chokeholds that were banned after the murder of George Floyd. It's Tuesday, January 13th,

and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR. I'm Chris Bentley.

Today on the show, we get an update from Caracas following the U.S.

seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Oil is reportedly flowing out of Venezuela,

which President Trump says is under his control. On the streets, the mood is tense.

Well, the country is quiet.

It's certainly not in chaos, but there's a good deal of tension.

I think the security forces are trying to send a message that nobody should get the idea that there's a political opening.

That story coming up at about 10 minutes.

But first, after an ICE agent shot and killed

Renee Maclin Good in Minneapolis last week, there's widespread outrage over the use of force

by federal immigration officers. Agents have shot several people as they've carried out the

president's deportation agenda over

the past year. They've also used tasers and tear gas, sometimes on U.S. citizens. And at least

40 times, they've used dangerous techniques like chokeholds to make arrests, even though

police departments and federal agencies have banned those

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