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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Immigration officers are demanding people show identification

and questioning them about their citizenship during President Trump's immigration crackdown in

Minneapolis. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Trisha McLaughlin, says law enforcement

are using the proper procedures. We have incredibly targeted immigration enforcement operations.

So what's happening there is there is

reasonable suspicion. If somebody is in the vicinity of this operation of this target, then they

could be asked for their identification. NPR has witnessed multiple instances where federal agents

questioned people about their immigration status. Minnesota is suing the Trump administration

over the crackdown, arguing agents are violating people's First Amendment status. Minnesota is suing the Trump administration over the crackdown,

arguing agents are violating people's First Amendment rights, racial profiling, and making unconstitutional

stops and arrests. Six Senate Democrats are introducing a bill that would bar presidents from

naming their own political appointees to serve as independent watchdogs. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports

the move follows the firing of several inspectors general last year. President Trump dismissed

watchdogs at more than a dozen federal agencies shortly after he returned to the White House last

year. Those inspectors general are responsible for policing waste, fraud, and abuse, and for investigating

the claims of whistleblowers. They're only supposed to be fired for cause. But some lawmakers and

nonprofit groups say Trump overrode that law and replaced the IGs with some of his own loyalists.

Now Senator Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, and several others

are backing a new bill that would prohibit any president from nominating their own political

appointees to serve in those roles. So far, the bill has no Republican sponsors. Carrie Johnson,

NPR News, Washington. The U.S. Embassy in South Africa is criticizing the country

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