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27-05-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
ICE agents deploy new tactic
ICE agents deploy new tactic | The Excerpt On Saturday's episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes discusses a new tactic from ICE - arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings. President Donald Trump Friday threatened steep tariffs on European Union goods and targeted iPhones. A judge has halted a Trump administration action barring Harvard from enrolling foreign students. Trump also ordered changes to nuclear power regulations. Listen to our special episode on nuclear power here. Sunday marks five years since the murder of George Floyd. His legacy is under siege as racial justice efforts lose ground. IndyStar Motor Sports Reporter Nathan Brown talks about a cheating scandal ahead of Sunday's Indianapolis 500 car race. Here's a schedule and how to watch. Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to podcasts@ Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it. This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form. There may be some differences between the audio and the text. Podcasts: True crime, in-depth interviews and more USA TODAY podcasts right here Taylor Wilson: Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, May 24th, 2025. This is The Excerpt. Today we take a closer look at a new tactic being used by ICE, plus Trump aims to overhaul regulation surrounding nuclear power, and we talk about a cheating scandal ahead of tomorrow's Indianapolis 500. ICE is now targeting people as they leave certain mandatory immigration court hearings. I spoke with USA TODAY national correspondent Trevor Hughes about the new tactic. Hiya, Trevor. Trevor Hughes: Hey, good to be here. Taylor Wilson: Good to have you as always. So just starting with the basics, what is ICE doing here? Tell us about really this new tactic showing up outside courthouses. Trevor Hughes: It's a little complicated to explain, but at the end of the day, it's really about scheduling more people for deportation quicker. There are many, many people who entered the country under Joe Biden's administration and they are following the process that existed under Biden. What the Trump administration has figured out is if they cancel that process, they can then schedule people immediately for deportation. So that's what's happening here. If someone has entered the country within the past two years using the CBP1 app, which allowed you to schedule an asylum claim, etc., etc., the Trump administration has basically decided that they will drop the prosecution of those cases and then that allows them to deport you immediately. Under normal circumstances, if you have a pending immigration case, you cannot be deported. Taylor Wilson: So Trevor, I mean just functionally, is this a case of migrants getting this decision from inside the courthouse, walking outside, and then ICE agents are awaiting them for detention right outside the courthouse? Trevor Hughes: Yes, that's exactly what's happening. There have actually been some confrontations in Arizona and a couple other places now where advocates or family members of these folks who are being taken into custody are actually pushing back or really getting a little bit aggressive with these ICE agents because they feel like this is a very unfair change that the Trump administration has made. Taylor Wilson: Well, some advocacy groups are suing to stop the process, Trevor. What's the latest there and what do many advocates argue as it pertains to the Constitution on this issue? Trevor Hughes: This is one of those situations where the Trump administration is sort of forging ahead despite a number of different court challenges on a bunch of different fronts. Advocates would argue that if you followed the rules that existed at the time, you shouldn't be punished because there's a new president who is changing those rules. Now, of course, the president has said it's practically impossible to hold hearings for more than a million people, two million people, three million people, and that there's no way that our court systems or the immigration court systems even could handle this. And so that's why they're moving to this expedited system. Taylor Wilson: Of course, this is really just part of a string of new tactics from the Trump administration. What else might be coming? What are you keeping an eye on in the coming weeks and months Trevor? Trevor Hughes: I mean, again, it's really important to remember the president ran on this platform. He's executing what he said he would do, and that we talked to hundreds of thousands of voters over the course of the who said this was the kind of thing they wanted to see. They wanted to see aggressive immigration enforcement. And I'll tell you the emails I've been getting from folks, people in this country, many of them are very happy with what's happening. I think you're going to continue to see the Trump administration really scaling up. They've set a goal of deporting a million people a year, which is a huge increase from existing practice. And as part of that, the congressional legislation that's being considered right now for the budget would include funding for 100,000 detention beds. Taylor Wilson: Trevor Hughes is a national correspondent with USA TODAY. Thanks as always, Trevor. Trevor Hughes: You bet. ♦ Taylor Wilson: President Donald Trump reignited trade tensions to end the week with back-to-back social media posts targeting Apple and the European Union. In a morning message on his platform Truth Social, Trump warned Apple CEO Tim Cook of a new 25% import tax if his company's trademark iPhones are not made in the United States. A half hour later, Trump wrote that he was recommending a 50% tariff on the European Union starting June 1st. The comments sent global markets into another round of turmoil after weeks of de-escalation had brought some relief from market chaos. Trump's warning to Apple came as the company is planning to shift production of iPhones sold in the U.S. from China to India by the end of 2026, Trump said he long ago informed Cook he expected these iPhones to be built in the U.S. Meanwhile, Trump said his administration's talks with the EU are going nowhere, and he said the tariffs on EU imports will go into effect if European companies don't relocate manufacturing bases to the U.S. That demand seemed improbable to be met with the June 1st date just over a week away. ♦ Hours after Harvard University sued the Trump administration for revoking its ability to enroll international students, a federal judge temporarily barred the Department of Homeland Security from allowing the change to take effect. U.S. District Judge Alison Burroughs, a Barack Obama appointee, granted the Ivy League School's request for a temporary restraining order yesterday. She wrote that the administration's new policy would bring immediate and irreparable injury to Harvard's campus. The ban took effect immediately and will remain in place until the judge decides whether to issue a broader pause while the two sides battle in court. A hearing to consider a preliminary injunction is set for next week. ♦ President Trump signed a series of executive orders yesterday intended to overhaul the regulation of commercial nuclear reactors and speed the process of building and deploying nuclear power. The move involves a long held Republican goal of deregulating nuclear power. According to a senior White House official, the four executive orders aim to expedite reactor research and development, streamline regulations to allow the Pentagon and other agencies to build reactors on federally owned land, they also changed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and set new timelines for its consideration of construction permits and expand domestic uranium and enrichment capabilities. The NRC has overseen commercial nuclear reactors since its creation in 1975. The U.S. has only two operational commercial reactors whose construction was approved since 1978. For a conversation on nuclear power and whether it's the solution, check out our special episode. There's a link in today's Show Notes. ♦ Tomorrow marks five years since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The murder sparked a massive outpouring of grief and anger as protesters took to the streets with signs echoing some of his last words, "I can't breathe." Artists across the country adorned their cities with his image and the intersection where Floyd took his last breaths was transformed from a gas station and corner store into a living memorial. But the future of the square has been a subject of heated debate and across the nation, other memorials honoring Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement have been removed, vandalized, or fallen into disrepair. As symbols of Floyd's Place in history have faded, so to have hopes for federal police reform, commitments to DEI, and American optimism about the future of racial justice. You can read more on that ahead of tomorrow's anniversary with a link in today's show description. ♦ With Indianapolis 500 car race set for tomorrow, a cheating scandal has hit IndyCar. I spoke with Indianapolis Star Motor Sports reporter Nathan Brown for more on that and a look ahead to tomorrow's big race. Nathan, thanks for being on the show. Nathan Brown: Thanks for having me. Taylor Wilson: So starting with this, I mean what happened with this cheating scandal? Give us some basics here. Nathan Brown: Well, take us back to Sunday afternoon for the second day of Indy 500 qualifying here at IMS and two of the three cars for Team Penske, the cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power, Josef being the driver who's won this race each of the last two years, were found to have had an illegally modified safety device on the back of their cars. That's probably the simplest way to put it. Every car before they go through each step in the qualifying process has their car go through tech inspection to make sure all of the competitive pieces on the car are within the legal limits and everything else on the car is safe and properly put together. These two pieces on the back of the cars called the Attenuator, it's essentially a piece that sticks out the lower portion of the back of the car that's used to help lessen the blow that ultimately gets to the drivers in the instance of a crash or some sort of a rearward impact, had been modified to basically just have two pieces that were sitting right next to each other have a seam in between them filled in, smoothed over, and ultimately that stood out to the tech inspectors on the IndyCar side. They were reminded that this was a part that is not supposed to be modified according to the rule book, and ultimately they were not allowed to make their runs on Sunday. Taylor Wilson: Okay. So Nathan, for those of us outside the motorsports community, just help us understand how big a deal this is and how this is landing with the motorsports world. Nathan Brown: There are two main aspects to this. One from a competition standpoint, Josef Newgarden has won this race each of the last two years. No one in the previous 108 runnings of the Indy 500 has ever won this race three times in a row, so Josef was coming into this year attempting to do something no one has ever done in what is considered the biggest race in the world, and he's had an incredibly fast car. No one has also ever won this race farther back than 28th place, and the last time that that happened was in 1936. The other big part to come out of this is the idea that there could be changes to the way in which the sport is governed in the future. I'd reported back last month in April that IndyCar had been considering and having talks about the creation of a third-party officiating body that would official the races, so that's hand-out penalties, make sure everything is up to snuff when cars are on track, as well as an independent crew that would manage and lead that tech inspection process. There are some concerns out there because it appears this modification with this car was missed for more than a year. It's just not something that IndyCar says it has checked all that often. This is something that had been apparently illegally on the cars since before last year's IndyCar 500 that Josef won, and so there has been a massive calling from folks throughout the paddock a lot more publicly than we've really ever seen that IndyCar needs an independent group to make sure that there are no conflicts of interest within the sport. No one has ever accused Roger Penske of exercising any sort of influence on the way this sport is officiated or in any attempt to give any special treatment to Team Penske. But it's just really the optics of this whole situation that continue to be a problem whenever his team or his drivers are in the news on the wrong side of things. And because this team is very successful, they're always fighting for race wins and championships, and it's just become something that's been a little bit too hard to ignore and something that I think we will see change here potentially in the next six months to a year. Taylor Wilson: Well, it's clear to me, Nathan, this cheating scandal will hang over the race this weekend at least a little bit. But what are some other storylines you're looking out for Sunday? And just help our listeners, Nathan, understand how big the Indy 500 is in motorsports. Nathan Brown: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will play host to roughly 350,000 people on Sunday. If you took stock of other cities throughout the state, this racetrack alone would be the second largest city in the state of Indiana. This is the first time that this race has sold out its grandstands since 2016. We've got lots of drivers, big names in this sport, hoping to go for their first ever Indy 500. You've got your two-time defending series champion Alex Palou, Championship contenders for years and years [inaudible 00:12:08] and Colton Herda, you've got that history that Josef Newgarden is going for. It's always a really crazy day here at the track. This race is the largest single-day sporting event in the world, and it's something really special, not only to watch on TV, but to experience in person. Taylor Wilson: All right, Nathan Brown covers motorsports for the Indianapolis Star part of the USA TODAY Network. Thank you, Nathan. Nathan Brown: Thank you. Taylor Wilson: You can tune into the Indy 500 tomorrow afternoon around 12:45 Eastern Time on Fox, and you can follow along with USA TODAY Sports and the Indy Star. ♦ What does it take to become a Pulitzer Prize winning humorist? Have a thick skin and don't take anything too seriously. Dave Barry: One of the things you learn if you write in any kind of column, but especially a humor column, is no matter what you write, somebody's going to be really angry at you and want you fired. There was a certain percentage of my readers, I called them the humor impaired, who never figured out that I was kidding. Taylor Wilson: Humor columnist Dave Barry is out with a memoir that chronicles his childhood through adulthood and finds the funny and even the darkest places. Hear his conversation with my colleague Dana Taylor tomorrow morning right here on this feed. ♦ And thanks for listening to The Excerpt. You can get the podcast wherever you get your audio. If you're on a smart speaker, just ask for The Excerpt. I'm Taylor Wilson, I'll be back Monday for Memorial Day right here on The Excerpt from USA TODAY.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Advocate: Ohio's county jails are no place for migrants
Activists protest the agenda of President Donald Trump during a rally near the water tower on the Magnificent Mile on Jan. 25, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by) Five county lockups and a private jail in Ohio have signed contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house migrants the agency detains as part of President Donald Trump's effort at mass deportations. An advocate for immigrants said it's a bad idea to house them in facilities built for people accused of committing crimes. Trump ran on false claims that migrants commit high rates of crime and on promises that he would deport millions. But mass deportations are a lot harder than Trump made it sound. And his administration is reclassifying people who came legally and asking help from local law enforcement as it tries to live up to his promises. One way it's done that is by signing contracts with sheriffs to house detainees in county jails. So far in Ohio, ICE has contracted with Seneca, Mahoning, Butler, and Geauga counties, said Lynn Tramonte of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance. It has also contracted with Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, a multi-county jail, and Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, a private prison in Youngstown, she said. Trump might act as if it's a crime to be in the United States without documents, but it's not, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. 'The act of being present in the United States in violation of the immigration laws is not, standing alone, a crime,' it said in an issue brief. 'While federal immigration law does criminalize some actions that may be related to undocumented presence in the United States, undocumented presence alone is not a violation of federal criminal law. Thus, many believe that the term 'illegal alien,' which may suggest a criminal violation, is inaccurate or misleading.' What is a crime is illegal entry — coming into the country without declaring it to authorities. 'Entering the United States without being inspected and admitted, i.e., illegal entry, is a misdemeanor or can be a felony, depending on the circumstances,' the ACLU said. 'But many undocumented immigrants do not enter the United States illegally. They enter legally but overstay, work without authorization, drop out of school or violate the conditions of their visas in some other way. Current estimates are that approximately 45% of undocumented immigrants did not enter illegally.' Trump is trying to deport many of those people, in addition to trying to revoke protections of those who came legally under temporary protected status, or by using the CBP 1 app. Tramonte said county slammers are not the place to hold migrants. 'We are literally putting people who are not charged with crimes in a criminal jail,' she said in an email. She listed what she believes are some of the harms: 'Taking them away from their families, jobs, and communities, making them rot in jail, while their immigration cases are pending. Making it harder for them to work with lawyers and win their cases. In the United States, you can be eligible for deportation and legal status at the same time. It's up to the courts to figure out which way to go.' Several Ohio counties contracted with ICE to house migrants during the first Trump administration. There were some problems. Detainees complained of mistreatment by jail staff. And at one point, the jail in Morrow County had a 100% covid infection rate. Tramonte warned that taxpayers were on the hook to defend the lawsuits that were filed during the first Trump administration and likely would be again. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
