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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

The Republican-led Senate has voted to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be the nation's next secretary of defense.

NPR's Tom Bowman reports,

Hegseth is one of President Trump's most controversial cabinet picks.

One of the concerns about Hegseth from the start was he has no real practical experience.

He ran to small veterans groups. There were charges of financial mismanagement against him. So a lot of times,

actually, in all cases of defense secretaries, they've either come from industry, the military,

or politics. And Pete Higgsath, again, really has no experience. So that was a concern all along.

Two Republican senators, Lisa Murkkowski and Susan Collins voted against

advancing the nomination. Hegset has faced allegations of excessive drinking and sexual

assault. He denies that he ever abuse women. The Trump administration says it's rounding up more

migrants accused of violent crimes. The move is part of a new effort to crack down on illegal immigration.

But NPR's Brian Mann reports the number of arrests appears only slightly higher than under the Biden administration.

Trump officials say they've arrested roughly 400 migrants with criminal records.

Speaking on Fox News,

White House advisor Stephen Miller said initial immigration operations have already arrested and removed

what he called some of the most vicious criminals in this country. But former acting director

of U.S. Immigration and Customs, John Sandwig, told NPR, enforcement actions carried out so far aren't a significant increase.

I think these operations, this initial surge, is business as usual.

NPR found migrant arrests varied over time during the Biden administration, but federal

agents were already arresting more than 100 migrants per day with criminal convictions

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