meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
NPR News Now

NPR News: 01-29-2026 6PM EST

NPR News Now

NPR

News, Daily News

4.214.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

NPR News: 01-29-2026 6PM EST

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

0:04.3

President Trump's border czar says immigration enforcement could reduce the number of officers in Minnesota,

0:10.6

but Tom Homan says a drawdown will only happen after cooperation from state officials.

0:15.6

We are not surrendering the president's mission in immigration enforcement.

0:19.5

Let's make that clear.

0:21.6

Priorization of criminal aliens, let's mean we forget about everybody else.

0:24.6

That's just simply ridiculous.

0:26.6

But when you have a criminal standing here and a non-criminal standing there,

0:29.6

that criminal always should be targeted for it,

0:31.6

because he's a significant concern to the safety and security of the community.

0:36.6

Hohman says local jails need to alert immigration officials about inmates who are eligible

0:42.2

to be deported. Trump sent Homan to Minnesota following last weekend's fatal shooting of

0:46.7

protester Alex Pretty. Republican Senator Susan Collins says enhanced operations by immigration

0:52.4

and customs enforcement in Maine have ended from Maine Public, Irwin Gratz, reports.

0:57.8

In a news release, Collins says Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam told her,

1:02.8

the surge of ICE agents that began recently is over and the agency will continue normal operations.

1:08.6

Collins had asked Noam earlier to pause its surge in Maine and Minnesota.

1:12.5

Collins told Maine public she'd receive multiple calls from constituents expressing fear and anger

1:17.6

about the ICE operation. Maine Democratic Governor Janet Mills in a statement writes,

1:22.6

ending the ice surge, quote, does not end the pain and suffering they've inflicted on communities across our state,

1:28.7

unquote. Louis and Maine, Mayor Carl Shaline, whose city was a target of the enhanced immigration

1:34.0

crackdown, called the Collins announcement good news. He added, quote, ICE operations in Maine

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.