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The Brian Lehrer Show

The ICE Agent Recruiting Process

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Laura Jedeed talks about her reporting on the application process at ICE.

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

0:13.1

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today.

0:18.8

Coming up on today's show, our own Nancy Solomon will join us

0:22.5

for a recap of Ask Governor Murphy, the last edition of that show since the governor will be out of

0:28.5

office next week and Mikey Sherrill will take his place. We'll hear from Nancy about what Governor

0:33.9

Murphy has been up to in his last days in office and about their conversation last night.

0:39.8

Plus, there's a preservation battle playing out on the Upper West Side over the West Park Presbyterian Church.

0:46.6

The church hopes to sell the dilapidated building to a developer who will build luxury condos,

0:52.0

but it needs a waiver to sell because of the building is a landmark.

0:56.1

And many people in the community, including some well-known actors, are hoping to prevent the sale

1:00.9

because the church has long been an affordable arts hub in the expensive neighborhood.

1:06.0

One of those actors, Mark Ruffalo, will join us along with Peg Green,

1:10.1

president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

1:13.1

And we're going to wrap up today's show by hearing the details about that cryptocurrency venture,

1:19.8

some might call it a scam, that former Mayor Adams was connected to this week.

1:24.1

My guest who covers the industry for Fortune magazine will share some best

1:28.8

practices for crypto too. But first, more news involving ICE and Minneapolis this morning.

1:36.7

Yesterday, federal officials say an ICE officer shot and injured a man there. Officials say the man

1:42.3

was from Venezuela and was in the country illegally.

1:45.4

Officials also say the man was fleeing a targeted traffic stop when they caught up with him

1:50.7

that then evolved into a violent act where he was trying to resist arrest. Two neighbors who

1:56.8

witnessed the attempted arrest intervened with a broom and a snow shovel. The ice officer

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