Trump policies leave historic number of legal immigrants at risk for deportation

Dec 23, 2025
20 mins

Episode Description

In the past 11 months, the Trump administration has stripped more than 1.6 million people of legal status. NPR’s Ximena Bustillo shares more about the largest removal of deportation protections from legal migrants in U.S. history.

Then, CBS held a story alleging abuse at a detention center in El Salvador from air. Now, it’s online. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik details what we’ve learned. 

And, the U.S.’s interception of oil carriers from Venezuela is deepening an economic crisis in Cuba, which relies on Venezuelan oil. The Wall Street Journal’s Juan Forero explains the impact.

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