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Who are the Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador by the Trump administration?

Here & Now Anytime

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4.6911 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration has sent flights of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. NPR's Sergio Martínez-Beltrán shares what we know about them.Then, while Kansas voted overwhelmingly for President Trump, police are reticent to advance his deportation agenda. Kansas News Service's Zane Irwin talks about why the state is an outlier on immigration enforcement. And, 23andMe, the genetic testing company that helps people learn about their ancestry and health risks based on a DNA sample, is declaring bankruptcy and seeking buyers. Roben Farzad, host of the podcast "Full Disclosure," joins us to discuss what it means for users' data. Plus, attorney Erin Elmouji explains why she signed a letter criticizing the head of her former law firm Paul Weiss for making a deal with Trump to avoid being targeted by the White House.

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0:23.7

In Kansas, near- of the respondents said they thought immigration has a net negative impact on the states.

0:31.8

But about the same amount, thought people who lack permanent legal status should be left alone by authorities if they don't break other laws.

0:40.2

The Trump administration is taking extraordinary measures to deport people it claims are criminals.

0:45.7

But even conservative communities are conflicted about how much power to give immigration enforcement.

1:01.2

Thank you. to give immigration enforcement. It's Tuesday, March 25th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.

1:06.9

I'm Chris Bentley.

1:10.0

Today on the show, 23 and me is going bankrupt.

1:14.6

What that means for your private data if you're one of the millions who had them genotype your DNA.

1:21.5

Also, a law firm that once tried to take on Donald Trump has cut a deal to support the president under pressure from the White House.

1:30.4

Paul Weiss just made it that much easier for the administration to attack the independence of the legal process

1:35.9

and silence lawyers who would otherwise be an important check on government overreach.

1:42.2

Big laws, big showdown with President Trump coming up at about 20 minutes.

1:47.3

But first, two conversations about immigration.

1:51.2

Starting with the extraordinary rendition of those 238 Venezuelans deported earlier this month

1:57.5

under the Alien Enemies Act.

2:00.1

That law is from 1798 and can only be invoked

2:04.5

during wartime, so the administration declared the Venezuelan gang Trendi Aragua an invading

2:10.8

force, as it rounded up 238 men it claimed were members of that gang and shipped them off to a maximum security prison

2:19.1

in El Salvador. But the government provided little to no evidence to support those claims,

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