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Cell phones, cars, coffee. How do these goods make their way to us from overseas? And what will President Trump's tariffs mean for their price tags? Join the 1A podcast as we explore supply chains and costs associated with some of your favorite products. It's our series, How Did This Get Here, every Wednesday. Listen to the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shae Stevens. U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has given a recount of his visit with a Maryland man who was illegally deported to El Salvador. Then Hollen says Kilmore, Abrego Garcia, told him that he was taken to Baltimore but not

allowed to contact family, then transferred to Texas. Some point thereafter, I don't know whether it was a period of hours or days, he was handcuffed, shackled and put on a plane along with some others where they couldn't see out of the windows. There was no way to see where they were going in the plane. Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia is no longer being held in El Salvador's notorious maximum security prison, but that he's still being denied due process. Collins says Abrego Garcia is no longer being held in El Salvador's notorious maximum security prison but that he's still being denied due process.

The U.S. Supreme Court is ordering the Trump administration to temporarily halt plans to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport at least 30 alleged Venezuelan gang members. The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency appeal on behalf of migrants being held at an immigration facility in North Texas. The ACLU says the group should be given at least 30 days' notice of being removed and had their cases reviewed in court. Five ACLU affiliates have filed a class action on behalf of international students whose visas were taken away without notice. Olivia Eberts of Member Station,

the Publix radio, has more from Providence. The ACLU affiliates say over 100 student visas have already been revoked in New England. Stephen Brown is the executive director of the ACLU of Rhode Island. He says the lawsuit is meant to stop the federal government from upending these students' lives. Stephen Brown, Executive Director, ACLU of Rhode Island, New England stop the federal government from upending these students' lives. The lawsuit comes as higher education officials say hundreds of international college students and professors across the country are losing their legal status and possibly facing deportation. For NPR News, I'm Olivia Eberz in Providence. The patriarchs and church leaders in Jerusalem have issued an Easter message calling for peace.

More from NPR's Jason DeRose. Church leaders in the Holy Land write that despite the quote present darkness that engulfs the region, they're proclaiming a message of life and hope. The letter draws particular attention to the two churches in Gaza at which hundreds of Palestinians have taken refuge over the last year and a half, Holy Family Catholic Church and St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church. It also says church leaders stand in solidarity with the staff of the Anglican Ron Ali Arab Hospital in Gaza who continue to care for the sick and wounded despite bombardment from Israeli troops. They call on all Christians to work for a just and lasting peace that extends, quote, from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth.

Jason DeRose, NPR News. This is NPR. U.S. and Iranian officials are expressing hope that the two sides can find common ground in Rome this weekend during talks on ending Tehran's nuclear program. Officials from both sides have said last weekend's talks in Oman were constructive. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says any deal must keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Iran's foreign minister says he believes a deal can be reached if the United States does not make unrealistic demands.

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that U.S. deaths from fentanyl overdoses are at their lowest level in five years. NPR's Brian Mann reports. Drug deaths nationwide peaked in the summer of 2023 at a catastrophic level, roughly 114,000 fatal overdoses, but they've been falling rapidly ever since. The latest available data gathered in November 2024 and just released by CDC shows roughly 82,000 fatal overdoses in a 12-month

period. Addiction experts say factors likely causing the hopeful trend included the widespread use of the overdose reversal drug naloxone, also weaker fentanyl being sold on the streets, and better public health and addiction treatment. The state with the biggest drop is Virginia, with drug deaths down more than 41 percent. Three states, Alaska, Nevada and South Dakota, saw slight increases in fatal overdoses. Brian Mann, NPR News. Former President Bill Clinton will take part in a remembrance ceremony in Oklahoma City today on the 30th anniversary of the bombing of a federal building there. Clinton is to deliver the keynote address near a memorial for the 168 people killed

in the attack. This is NPR News.