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NPR News: 02-12-2026 7PM EST

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

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0:00.0

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

0:04.2

Borders are Tom Homan says President Trump has agreed to end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

0:10.0

Homan says local law enforcement is responding more quickly and more consistently to protests.

0:15.5

Meanwhile, Democratic Governor Tim Walls says the state is now entering a recovery phase, as Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reports.

0:22.3

Governor Tim Wall says he is cautiously optimistic that Trump will keep his word.

0:26.8

The Democratic governor says Holman personally assured him that agents are leaving immediately.

0:31.8

Wall says the operation caused an economic crisis here similar to COVID and left the state with generational trauma. The governor

0:39.2

says the feds need to pay for what they broke, but for now he's urging state lawmakers to approve

0:44.4

an aid package for small businesses. Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reporting.

0:49.2

A federal judge has ordered the return to the U.S. of a group of Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador last year.

0:55.7

The administration said they were members of the Venezuelan criminal gang Trend de Aragua,

0:59.9

NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran, has the latest.

1:03.1

137 Venezuelans were deported in March to the notorious Secod prison in El Salvador,

1:08.3

despite an emergency ruling ordering the flight to be returned to the U.S.

1:12.7

The men were later sent back to Venezuela.

1:15.4

Now, U.S. District Court Judge James Bousberg has ruled the government must pay to fly back

1:20.8

or accept at a U.S. port of entry any of the men who want to challenge their deportation

1:25.6

and are currently in countries other than Venezuela. Though still there, can challenge their deportation and are currently in countries other than Venezuela.

1:28.5

Those still there can challenge their deportation from abroad.

1:31.7

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security accused Bozberg of a, quote, crusade to stop President Trump from doing the will of the American people.

1:40.4

Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.

1:43.6

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today and talked about the chances of securing a nuclear deal with Iran.

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