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President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire investor Scott Benson to serve as his Treasury Secretary. It's a position with widespread responsibilities on economic, regulatory, and international affairs. NPR's Scott Horsley has more.

He'll probably get a friendly reception from the new

GOP Congress, if he's confirmed. One of his first jobs will be getting an extension of Trump's

2017 tax cuts, parts of which are set to expire next year. He'll likely be pushing on an open door

when it comes to cutting taxes, although that would probably add to the federal debt,

which we learned just yesterday, has now surpassed $36 trillion.

NPR Scott Horsley. Trump has chosen Russell vote to be the director of the Office of Management

and Budget. Vote was involved with drafting Project 2025, a blueprint for overhauling the federal

government. Trump's choice for Secretary

of Housing and Urban Development is former Texas State Representative Scott Turner, who was once a

football player, spending nine seasons in the NFL. Trump is promising to deport millions of migrants

during his upcoming term. There's growing concern that would threaten the

$106 billion construction industry in Texas. Julian Aguiloh reports from El Paso.

Veronica Carrasco, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, has worked as a painter for a home

remodeling company in Mesquite, Texas for 12 years.

It makes me frustrated and worried.

I'm a single mom.

I have three children.

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