Jasmine Garsd
Jasmine Garsd is an Argentine-American journalist living in New York. She is currently NPR's Criminal Justice correspondent and the host of The Last Cup. She started her career as the co-host of Alt.Latino, an NPR show about Latin music. Throughout her reporting career she's focused extensively on women's issues and immigrant communities in America. She's currently writing a book of stories about women she's met throughout her travels.
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The Trump administration's unprecedented expansion of migrant detention facilities is igniting fierce opposition in communities across the political and geographic spectrum.
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Last year ICE got $45 billion from Congress over four years to expand its detention footprint. Many towns and cities are pushing back. -
The Trump administration has been sending asylum seekers from Ukraine and Russia back to a warzone. One family in Minnesota says they fear for their lives. -
Immigration was a key topic in President Trump's State of the Union address, but he avoided discussing his more aggressive and controversial efforts, including the recent ICE campaign in Minneapolis.
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The immigration crackdown in Minneapolis has pushed many people in the city to stay at home for the last few months. Doctors say the trend is alarming, and may have lasting effects. -
Minnesota officials are demanding to have a role in the investigation into Alex Pretti's killing by federal agents as videos and eyewitnesses contradict the Trump administration's account.
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For two weeks, Minneapolis has seen protests and clashes between demonstrators and federal immigration agents, as the administration continues its aggressive campaign to arrest undocumented immigrants.
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Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers. -
Tensions continue to escalate in Minnesota as the state continues to be the center of the administration's immigration crackdown. NPR's Jasmine Garsd reports from Minneapolis.
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Tensions remain high in Minneapolis. President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell ongoing protests there against federal officers carrying out his immigration crackdown.
