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--:-- Dale Willman: President Trump Friday signed an executive order to remove tariffs on a large number of commodities. The move is partly in response to pressure from consumers who say food prices are too high.
--:-- Dale Willman: Among the affected items are beef, coffee, and tropical fruits. For the most part, the foods where we cut back a little bit on those tariffs will get the price down. But they're not competitive in this country, like tomatoes and bananas and things. We don't make them in this country.
--:-- Dale Willman: Trump also said he's reached framework agreements with Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Argentina to ease import levies on agricultural products produced in those countries.
--:-- Martin Costi: Immigration lawyers in San Diego say they're seeing a sudden increase in arrests of clients at the offices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
--:-- Martin Costi: Many are in the middle of applying for permanent status or naturalization.
--:-- Martin Costi: As NPR Martin Costi reports the lawyers say it a sign of what looks like a new ICE policy.
--:-- Martin Costi: U CIS offices are bureaucratic places where detentions are rare unlike immigration court.
--:-- Martin Costi: But lawyers in San Diego say that suddenly changed this week.
--:-- Tessa Cabrera: To have two ICE officers storm into an office and immediately order my client to stand up and place him in handcuffs was just unlike anything I've ever experienced.
--:-- Martin Costi: U.S. CIS would not say whether its arrest policy has changed.
--:-- Martin Costi: In a written statement, it says, quote, apprehensions at USCIS offices may occur if individuals are identified as having outstanding warrants, being subject to removal orders or committing fraud, crimes or other violations while in the United States.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The Labor Department says it will release a report on September's job gains next week.
--:-- Scott Horsley: As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, it's the first in a series of overdue economic reports that were held up by the government shutdown.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The September jobs report was almost complete and supposed to be rolled out six weeks ago, when the economists who produced the report were abruptly furloughed by the government shutdown.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The Labor Department says the jobs report will come out next Thursday, showing how many jobs employers added in September, as well as the unemployment rate.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The timing of other key government releases is still up in the air.
--:-- Scott Horsley: During the six shutdown the government was forced to postpone a slew of economic reports including news of October job growth inflation retail sales and GDP.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Government number crunchers say they're still figuring out how long it will take to make up for the missing data, and they thank people for their patience.
--:-- Dale Willman: Some parts of Southern California are under evacuation orders tonight, as a strong weather system is moving through the region.
--:-- Dale Willman: Weather officials say the system could cause major flooding and even landslides, particularly in areas damaged by wildfires.
--:-- Dale Willman: The rain is also expected to be even heavier on Saturday, and more storms are expected over the next week.
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--:-- Deepa Shivram: A federal judge in San Francisco Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting funding to the University of California over claims the school system allows anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination.
--:-- Deepa Shivram: The judge granted a preliminary injunctions sought by labor unions and other groups representing the school's faculty, students, and employees.
--:-- Dale Willman: President Trump has spent the day on the phone with leaders from Cambodia and Thailand.
--:-- Dale Willman: The two countries are still arguing over a border dispute.
--:-- Dale Willman: Trump helped broker a temporary peace from the fighting, but the conflict is still not resolved.
--:-- Deepa Shivram: Earlier this year a decades border dispute reignited between Cambodia and Thailand.
--:-- Deepa Shivram: Trump helped bring about a ceasefire when he threatened higher tariffs on both countries and in October, he went to Malaysia to preside over the peace agreement.
--:-- Deepa Shivram: Leaders there praised Trump for his help, and he included the peace agreement as one of the several wars he's ended.
--:-- Deepa Shivram: But the conflict isn't actually over.
--:-- Deepa Shivram: In recent days, a shooting in the disputed area and a landmine explosion have tested the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
--:-- Deepa Shivram: The White House says the president is in touch with Malaysia as well to help bring an end to the recent violence.
--:-- Dale Willman: The U.S. is pushing for consensus at the U.N. for its plan for recovery in Gaza.
--:-- Dale Willman: The move comes as Russia circulates its own proposal for the war-torn enclave.
--:-- Dale Willman: The Russian plan removes references to a transnational authority meant to be headed by President Trump.
--:-- Dale Willman: Instead, it asks the U.N. to lay out options for an international stabilization force.
--:-- Dale Willman: Both proposals are expected to be put up for a vote early next week.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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