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This message comes from Click Here. Erased is a four-part investigation into how China is wiping Uyghur culture from existence. Erased uncovers an authoritarian regime's campaign to delete a culture. Listen to Click Here wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. People in and around Chicago are keeping watch for a potential surge by federal immigration agents this weekend and for National Guard troops to possibly be deployed. Floyd. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has said that additional immigration enforcement could start as soon as this weekend, but President Trump has not laid out any timeline. Well, we're going in. I didn't say when, we're going in. When you lose, look, I have an obligation. This isn't a political thing. Trump, speaking at the White House earlier this week, he has repeatedly singled out Chicago following his federal takeover of policing in Washington, D.C. Despite threats of increased immigration enforcement in

Chicago, a predominantly immigrant neighborhood, is going forward with its annual Mexican Independence Day parade later today. Adriana Cotonomagiga, member station WBEZ reports. The parade is expected to be held with additional precautions amid fears that federal agents may arrest people. Local officials are urging U.S. citizens with immigrant routes to show up in support. Almanaja is a Cook County Commissioner. As a proud Mexican, American, what we want to do is continue to celebrate because they are trying to dim our life. They're trying to dim our culture, but we're here to say we're going to continue to be here. We're going to continue to celebrate.

Other officials and advocates are urging immigrants to make an arrest plan before leaving home. For NPR News, I'm Adriana Cardona McGigad in Chicago. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections from deportation for more. than one million people from Haiti and Venezuela. The judge in California says Homeland Security Secretary Christy Knoem lacks the authority to end the program known as temporary protected status or TPS. The protections were granted during the Biden administration. The Israeli military continuing to attack Gaza City where hundreds of thousands have taken shelter from nearly two years of war. Palestinians are being told to move south where the Army says it will deliver aid. Here's NPR's Jane Arraf reporting.

The Israeli military says it's setting up what it calls a humanitarian zone in Khan Yunus in southern Gaza, where it will provide tents, food, and medical care. Hundreds of thousands of civilians who have already been displaced multiple times are still in Gaza's biggest city, where Israel has been increasing attacks ahead of seizing it. The UN says so far only about 40,000 people have moved south, with many unable to afford transport, or too sick or, injured to move. Israel said it would work with the U.N. to provide aid in South Gaza, but the U.N.'s humanitarian office says the Israeli military is rejecting many of its requests for aid movements.

Jane Arraf and Pure News Amman. And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. President Trump says his executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War is about winning. The move would restore the name the Pinnocker. held until after World War II. The change requires congressional approval. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed sweeping new laws aimed at improving youth camp safety and strengthening the state's disaster preparedness. As the Texas newsrooms, Lucco Vasquez reports, as follows, one of the deadliest floods in recent U.S. history. Governor Abbott flanked by children and families who've

lost loved ones, said grieving parents pressed him for swift action. They pleaded that their Daughters did not die in vain. The new laws impose stricter safety rules on youth camps throughout the state. Lawmakers also set aside nearly $300 million for flood sirens and disaster aid. It's all in response to July's catastrophic hill country floods, which killed more than 130 people, nearly 40 of them children. Every child who goes to camp should come home to their families. The bills stalled last month after Texas Democrats fled the state,

to block a Republican-backed redistricting plan, which ultimately passed. For NPR news, I'm Lucio Vosquez in Houston. In Flushing Meadows, New York, the U.S. Open Women's Singles final is today. Arina Sabalinka of Belarus will be defending her title this afternoon against American Amanda and Esamova. The men's championship is tomorrow. Yannick Center and Carlos Alcaraz will renew their rivalry after advancing yesterday. They'll play for the title for the third Grand Slam final in a row.

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