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That the governments most important responsibility is protecting its citizens from all threats both foreign and domestic. And weve seen a rise in anti semitism, in radicals, islamic terror as well as domestic terror, and so it has only gotten harder over the years for the government to take care of this very important responsibility, but luckily, we have two really great panelists with us here today to help break this down, first, as a nobody is the cofounder of the Muslim Reform Movement. And she has dedicated her life to promoting peace and human rights and womens rights within the muslim communities. You have a very illustrious resume including being a reporter for the wall street journal. As well as teaching at my alma mater, georgetown university. In the second panel is to is joining us via skype today is sarah carter. She is a Fox News Contributor and an awardwinning investigative journalist. She has written for numerous outlets including the Washington Examiner and the washingto
Cspan video, and reflect differing points of view. Information to help you get started is on our website, studentcam. Org. Next, experts from latin america and facebooks Corporate Office discuss the role social media and messaging platforms played in recent political unrest in venezuela and brazil. They also look at the responsibilities of the companies who operate these platforms to prevent widespread misinformation. This is an hour and 25 minutes. Good morning. Buenos dias. Im glad to see that most of you survived last night. We have a tremendous panel this morning and a great subject. Its not news to say that the change, facing times of uncertainty. The liberal order we were accustomed to is fraying. Nationalism and populism are on the rise. Geopolitics is back. Thecracies have been on rise. Liberal democracy has been on the defensive in many ways. Latin america is no stranger to those trends. Marks the last year 40th anniversary of the beginning of the third wave of what set me hun
Continues. Host according to gallup, more americans than ever before say immigration is the top issue facing this country and we will spend a gross the rest of this program talking about that topic. We are joined by Washington Post immigration reporter were rhea. Ic eddie Maria Sacchetti federal Detention Center for immigrant families and children. Why were you there and what did you see . Guest immigration and Customs Enforcement runs family detention. A lot of what viewers cr Border Patrol jails. You see little girls sleeping on the ground. They have recently crossed the border, jails where nobody is supposed to spend more than a few days. The family Detention Centers are hold very few people right now. They could hold more and the Trump Administration wants to expand them. They opened their doors to the media, they have never had this many cameras before and they let us take our own photos. They want to show people how they want to expand family detention and how comprehensive they
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