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By MICIIAEL D. SHEAR White House Sees a Peril WASHINGTON - President Tfump on Thursday will unveil a at Sea SomeWarn plan to overhaul parts of the na- - tion's immigration system that of an Overreaction would impose new security meas- ures at the border and signifi- cantly increase the educational T his article is by J ulian E Bar nes, and skills requirements for people Eric Schmitl, Nicholas Fbndos cnd allowed to migrate to the United EdwardWong. States. WASHINGTON - The intelli- The proposal, senior adminis- gence that caused tfre White tration officials said on Wednes- House to escalate its warnings day, would vastly scale back the about a threat from Iran came system of family-based immigra- from photographs of missiles on tion that for decades has allowed small boats in the Persian Gulf immigrants to bring their spouses that were put on board by Iranian and children to live with them, the paramilitary forces, three Ameri- place, officials said. In its the new can officials said. plan would provide opportunities Overhead imagery showed for,immigrants who have specific fully assembled missiles, stoking skills or job offers to work in the fears that the Islamic Revolution- United States, provided they can ary Guards Corps would fire them demonstrate English proficiency at United States naval ships. Addi- and educational attainment, and SRST€N MOMN FOR T1IE NEW YOK TIMES tionalpieces of intelligence picked pass a civics exam. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Gmple of Dendur sits in the glass-enclosed Sackler Wing, seen here from Central Park. Jared Kushner, the president's up threats against commercial shipping and potential son-in-law and a White House ad- attacks by viser; spent months working on Aiab militias with Iran ties on theplan,whichwill serve as acen- Met Museum Path to Nullifu Roe Wade a tralpartof Mr. Ttump's re-election v Little Bit at a Time campaign message, Working with him was Stephen Mille4 the presi- The Alabama bill, signed into Spurns Fo^rb dentt top immigration Advise4 ByADAM LIPTAK Many Cases With the n;.*ffT:::ll;l'i#*iill but the plan falls short of ihe more TiedtoOpioids WASHINGTON - Abortion extreme measures that Mr. Miller rights are at risk at the Supreme PotentialtOEatAwaV squarety conflicts with Roe. rt has long pressed the preqident to Court, but the short-term threat adopt and that have long been op- may not come from extreme atAbortionRights H"Jll*f#ilffi133Jffi1';? posed by Democrats in Congress. ByELIZABETHA. HARRIS measures like the one passed by rape and incest, and subject abor- Attempts by Mr. Tfump's two The Metropolitan Museum of Alabama lawmakers- tion providers to harsh eriminal predecessors, George W. Bush penalties. Art said on Wednesday that it The court led by Chief Justice sions of Indiana.abortion laws on Because the Roberts and Barack Obama, to overcome would stop accepting gifts from John G. Roberts Jr. is more likely issues like the disposal of fetal re- court tends toward incremental- those kinds of differences and members of the Sackler family to chip away at the constitutional mains and an l8-hour waiting pe- ism, it is not likely to want to take achieve a bipartisan consensus on SARAH SIBIGER,/THE NEW YOK TIMES linked to the maker of OxyContin, right to abortion established in riod after state-mandated ultra- on a direct confrontation with that immigration policy ended in fail- Secretary of State Mike Pom- severing ties between one of the 1973 in Roe v. Wade than to over- sound examinations. The court Continued onPage A75 ure, Since then, the divisions be- peo is wary of Tehran's moves. world's most prestigious muse- turn it outright. It will have plenty will in the coming months almost tween the parties haveonly wois- ums and one of its most prolific ened, and there is little chance of opportunities to do so. certainly agree to hear a chal- tire American troops in lraq. philanthropic dynasties. new proposal will change that. For As soon as Monday, the court lenge to a Louisianalawthatcould .A NEAR BAN Alabamds.governor But just how the The decision was months in the different neasons, the broad out- "alarmed could announce whether it will reduce the number of abortion signed the most restrictive abor- Tbump administration should be making, and followed steps by lines of the plan described on hear challenges to three provi- clinics in the state to one. tion law in the country. PAGE Al4 over the new intelligence is a Sub- other museums, including the Wednesday are certain to be un- ject Modern in London and the popular with lawmakers on both of fierce debate among the Solomon R, Guggenheim Mu- sides of the aisle. White House, the Pentagon, the allies, seum in New York, to distance It calls for construction of some C.I.A* and America's themselves from the family be- of the border wall that is a pre- The photographs presented a hind OnWednes- occupation of Mr. Tlumpts and ve- different kind of threat than previ- day, the American Museum of Na- hemently opposed by Democrats, ously seen lrom lran, said the tural History said that it, too, had, and upends family-based migra- three officials, who spoke on the ceased taking Sackler donations. tion in ways that Democrats and condition of anonymity because The moves reflect the growing immigrant advocates have long they were not authorized to talk outrage over the role the Sacklers opposed. And it contains no provi- about it publicly. Taken rvith the may have played in the opioid cri- sion for providing legal status to other intelligence, the photo- sis, as well as an energized activ- people brought to the United graphs could indicate that Iran is ist movement that is starting to States as children, known as preparing to attack United States force museums. to reckon with Dreamers, or other undocument- forces. That is the view of John R. where some of their money comes Continued.onPage A71 Cl;itntinuedonPage AB from. "The museum takes a position of gratitude and respect to those who support us, but on occasion, we feel it's necessary to step away Trump Found a Loue for Thriffs fromgifts that are notin tlle public interest, or in our institution's in- '80sJapan terestj'said Daniel H. Weiss, the BattlingaBoom president of the Met. "That is what we're doing here." The Met's relationship with rhe By JIM TANKERSLEY and MA,RK I/|NDLBR goes WASHINGTON * Sacklers back decades, and DANII ACKER FOR Donald J. Germany,SaudiArabiaandSouth one of itsbiggest attractions, the Tfumplostanauctioninlg88fora Korea for their trade practices. Temple of Dendu4 sits in the Where Rivers Are Rising 58-key piano used in the classic "America is being ripped off," he film "Casablanca" to a Japanese said. "We're a debtor nation, and ContinuedonPage A20 As they face damaging floods, a city's officials try to stay clear of climate-change politics. Page A10. trading company representing a we have to tax, we have to tariff, collector. While he brushed off be- we have to prdtect dtis country." ing outbid, it was a firsthand re- Thirty years latel few issues minderofJapan'sgrowingwealth, have defined Mr. Thump's presi Drive to Ban Fur Sales in New York Faces a Tapestry of Opposition and the following yeaq, Mr. Tfump dency more than his love for tar- went on television to call for a 15 iffs - and on few issues has he from a diverse set of opponents, ing on the proposal on Wednes- percent to 20 percent tax on im- beenmoreunswerving.Alliesand ByWILLIAMNEUMAN including black pastors and Ha- Black Pastors, Hasidim day, the deep dissension was evi ports from Japan. historians say that love is rooted . AndJEFFERYC.MAYS sidic leaders. Thdy say a prohibi- dent outside City Hall, Protesters "I believe very strongly in tar- in Mr. Tfumpb experience as a tion would fly in the face of cen- iffs," Mr. businessmaninthelgS0swiththe As Corey Johnson, the speaker andRapperFightBill yelled, "Put people first," and Tfump, at the time a turies of religiousand cultural ffa- , Manhattan real estate people and money ofJapan,then of the New York City Council, counterprotesters responded, developer dition. with fledgling political perceived as a mortal threat to urged his coll'eagues on Wednes- "How many animals have to die?" instinits, Black ministers have staged told the;Surriatist Diane America's economic pre-emi- day to ban the sale of fur Each side had celebrity power: Sawyer, in the protests, saying that for many Af- and garment manufacturers have before n",Tfii, city, he argued that The anti-fur movementwas repre- criticizing Japan, west it was the rican-Americans, wearing furs is raised alarms over the potential is something that has thing sented by Tim Gunn, the "moral to do." a treasured hallmark of achieve- loss of iobs and an attack on an in- "Project been stuck in his craw since the and any moneymade lrom $1,500, *r" ig+0.'oliit'd the effect on vrorkers in the fur in- selling banned fur would be sub- ;il;'i" errnd- York City, but allow it to be sold in father of Ms. R.eich's deceased dustry. ject to forfeiture. The bill would Westchester, is culturally insensi- husband. The business is in its "I think if something happens not ban wearing fur. tive," he added, referring to the fourth generation of family own- here there has to be some sense of suburbs north of the city. Los Angeles is the largestcityin phase ership. how to it in, in a way that re- Mr, Green owns a mink coat the country to have banned the S M HODGSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES protect "There's a political agenda. If ally does try and some that hits beiow the waist and says jobs," Mr. de Biasio said in March. this ban happens, the leather in- -"I.riH+#,V]ilfi he likes to wear it when he travels dustry wili be attacked, the meat Councilman Chaim Deutsch of and on special occasions. "I wear industry wjll be attacked," Ms. Brooklyn said that he opposed the it because I like the way it looks," Shouts of 'Put people Reich ban for several reaSons, including said. "There's a slippery he said. "I like whatit represents. I politicians going slope. Are to tell that many Hasidic Jewish men like the style." first,'and'How many us what to do, what to wear and Ftr wear hats rnade of fur, known as The pastor dismissed the argu- $/hat to eat? It's a litfle bigger shtreimels or spodiks. animals have to die?' ment against animal cruelry."I'm than fur." we ban fiir and then you "If more concerned about saving Dan Mathews, a senior vice have people that are still out there black lives," he said. "When the president of People for the Ethical wearing it, considering the fact activists are more concerned sale Tfeatment of Animals, an advoca- that hate crime il New York City offur; othet'cities include San about saving black.lives than cy group, said the city's fur-mak- is on the rise, people will be tar- Francisco and West Hollywood, black minks, let me know." ing tradition should not impede a geted on the streets, saying,'Why But New York City is the largest Samuels, rapper, is ban. are you wearing this ifthere's a fur Mr. the fur retail market in the United known for his affinityforfurs. "My "Once in a while,.we just take a ban?"' Mr. Deutsch said. States, according to FurNYC, a stylist let me know about it and I trade group representing 130 fur look around and decide that.cer- In its curient form, the bill in- practices was like, a fur ban in New York retailers in the city. The 150 fur tain should ni;tbe iart of cludes an exemption for fur items ourmodern society," he said, worn as a "matter of religious City? How could they do that in businesses in the city create 1,100 "and electrocrrting and skinning ani- custom," but Mr. Deutsch was one of the fashion capitals, if not jobs and produce $400 million in mals alive for a luxury product is nonetheless wary. the fashion capital, of the world?" revenue per yea( according to the he said: something thatjust turns people's NEAL BOENZI/THE NEW YORK TIMES "Today they're going to ban fur, group. jt's Asked for the price of his new . stomach, and that's why going tomorrow our pants are going to Maria R.eich, 43, chief executivd by the wayside." Hasidim point to the many rnen *ho wear fur hats on the Sab- start falling down because they're coat, he turned to his sry-list. "Hbw of Reich Furs, a Manhattan-based The bill was introduced by Mr. bath. Above, modeling a leopard coat with golden sable trirn. going to ban leather, we're not go- much was this one, Messiah?" manufacturer of fur coats, said a Johnson, the Council speaker and ing to have belts," he said. "We're "Fifty five," came the repiy. ban on fur sales woqld have a an enthusiastic anirnal lover who, not going to have shoes. Once you "Fifty-five thousand?" he drastic impact on the 20 or so peo- in 2017, co-sponsored abill that 1ed pointed to the cruel treatment of and then being electrocuted or start with one thing, where does it asked. ple she directly employs and an to the ban of circuses using wild animals raised or killed for their having their necks broken. "The end? What is neit? We can't eat "Yeah.' and exotic animals in the city. At pelts. evidence of cruelty in the fur in- chicken? We can't eat meat?" "Furs are expensive," Mr. Sam- J. D av id G o o dman co ntr ibuted t}te hearing on Wednesday, he Mr. Johnson played a video dustry is overwielming," he said. For Mobilizing Preachers and uels concluded. "It's an expensive repoiting. called the fur industry brutal and showing animals living in cages Local furriers should "diversi- Comrnunities, a group of mostly habit."

Met TFIE SACKLER WING Cutting ties with Museum to Spurn Some Sachlers donors enichedby The move by the Met comes as same time, they must mollify the the drug OryContin. FromPageAl the Whitney Museum finds itself wealthy benefactors who help glass-enclosed Sackler Wing. Mr. caught in the politics of the era, keep the lights on. Weiss said thb museum had no facing growing calls from artists, "There really aren't that many the Met go back some 50 years. A plans to remove the name, ,as protesters and even some staff people who are giving to art and 1978 news reiease announcing the some protesters have demanded. members tb rernove one of its vice giving to museums in fact it's a - dedication of the Sackler 'Wing But its decision to stop accept- chairmen, Warren B. Kanders, very smallclub," said Tom Eccles, said it cost $9.5 miilion to build ing future gifts from Sacklers con- from its board. Mr. Kanders is the the executive director of the Cen- - about $36 miliion in today's dol- nected to Purdue Pharma, or their chief executive of Safariland ter for Curatorial Studies at Bard Group, which sells equipment to a lars and calied the Sacklers foundations, could spur other cul- College. "So we have to be little - "major donors" to the project. tural institutions to follow suit. law enforcement agencies and careful what we wish for here." gas, ques- photographer The family has given tens of mil- militaries, including tear There is aiso the difficult , a which the art publication Hyper- tion of where to draw a iine. who overcame an OxyContin ad- lions of dollars and put its name in What allergic said was used against mi- sort is inexcusable? or on museums, universities and of behavior diction, has led demonstrations at grants at the Mexican partisan medical schools in the United border. "We are not a organi- institutions that receive Sackler Dozens of artists connected to zation, we are not political States, England and Israel. a orga' money; in March 2018, she and the Whitney Biennial, a presti- nization, so we don't have a litmus In the New York area alone, in her supporters dumped empty gious contemporary art exhibi- test for whom we take gifts from pill addition to the Met, the Guggen- bottles in the Sackler Wing's tion that begins on F'riday, signed based on policies or politics," said pooi. heim and the Natural History mu- reflecting an open Ietter calling for his resig- Mr. Weiss of the Met. seum, the Metropolitan Opera "We commend the Met for nation. And a group called Foren- "We would only not accept gifts and the Dia Art Foundation are making the ethical, moral deci- sic Architecture, in partnership from people if it in some way chal- among the institutions that have sion to refuse future funding from with Praxis Films, has made its lenges or is counter to the core KARSEN MORAN FOR THR NEW YORK TIMES received substantial gifts from the Sacklers;' a group started by Biennial exhibition a direct chal- mission of the institution, in ex- The Metropolitan Museum of Art will not rename its Sackler the Sackiers. Columbia Univer- Ms. Goldin, Prescription Addic- lenge to Mr. Kanders: trt will show ceptional cases," he added. "The sity, Wing, but it will decline future gifts frorn sorne family members. tion Intervention Now, or PAIN, which has the Sackler Insti- a l0-minute film that documents OxyContin crisis in this country is tute for Developmental said in a statement. Psychobi instances when Safariland's a legitimate and fuil-biown crisis." The group also called for the re- ology, has said it would not accept Tfiple-Chaser tear gas grenades Three brothers, Arthur, Morti- lege that rnembers of the Sackler Mr. Weiss, who described the family directed ef- Met's decision as a rnoval of the Sackler name from further donations for the time be- have been deployed. mer and , the company's "suspension," buildings. Mr. said that the ing. Mr. Kanders has rebuffed the bought a small company calied forts to mislead the public about $aid the rnuseum would refuse Weiss gifts museum would not take the more In a statement, the family mem- demands for him to step down, Purdue Frederick in 1952 and the dangers of thadrug. The com- oniy from members of the taking the family's bers with ties to Purdue Pharrna saying that SaJariland's products, transformed it into the pharma- pany has denied the allegations Sackler family closely connected drastic step of name off the wing, saying that said that "while the allegations which also include riot gear and ceutical giant it is today. In 1996, and said it "neither created nor to Purdue. Several family mem- it position per- against our family are faise and bomb disposal robots, protect law Purdue Pharma'put the opioid caused the opioid epidemic." bers, or their charities, have given was not in a to make unfair, we understand that accept- enforcement officers and let them painkiiler Oxycontin on the mar- Arthur Sackler died before Oxy- to the museum in recent years, in- manent changes while litigation ing gifts at this time would put the defuse dangerous situations with- ket, fundamentally altering the Contin's creation and his side of cluding the Mortimer D. Sackler against the family was pending Met in a difficult position." out loss of life. He said he had no company's fortunes. the family, which has supported Foundation, which has donated at and information was still coming "We respeat the Met and that is role in how the company's prod- The family's role in the market- institutions including the Smith- least $200,000 since 2012. to light. the. Iast thing we would want to ucts were ultimateiy deployed. ing of OxyContin, and in the opi- sonian and the Brooklyn Museum, That is a relatively smaii The Met also said that its board do," the staternent said. "Our goai The increased scrutiny on do- ojd crisis, has come under in- sold his stake in the pharmaceuti- amount for a museum with a $320 had voted to codify how the mu- has always been to support the nors is forcing museums to navi- creased scrutiny in recent years. cal business. One of his children, million annual budget, but the seum accepts named gifts, for- valuable work of such outstand- gate moral dilemmas and a politi- Documents submitted this year Elizabdth A. Sackier, has called symbolism of the Met's decision malizing a longstanding practice ing organizations, and we remain cal climate where a protest can go as part of litigation by the attor- the company's role in the opioid was unmistakable. of circulating those proposals committed to doing so." vira.l in a matter of hours. At the ney general of Massachusetts al- epidemic "morally abhorrent." The family's contributions to through a chain of departments.

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