The Us Supreme Court has cleared the way for the us president to build sections of his promised border wall with mexico, using pentagon funds. The Supreme Courtjustices narrowly voted to allow the Trump Administration to access 2. 5 billion from the military budget to strengthen existing barriers in border states. President trump was quick to declare the ruling a big victory on twitter. Chris buckler in washington has more. President trump has long promised this border wall. He went to rally after rally, even before he was elected president , and promised he would build a barrier between mexico and america to tackle the problem of illegal immigration and there has been a long battle between President Trump and his political opponents over how to fund that. Inside congress, democrats have repeatedly blocked his attempts to get money specifically for the wall earlier this year he declared a National Emergency, arguing that there was a crisis at americas southern border because of a numbe
so great to have you all here. as you know we are an independent bookstore and wine bar and events like this are our favorite thing to do so we re excited you could all comeout . if you are not here for the event the aware thatit s going on . tonight we have the honor of having cesar fernandez who has written migrating to prison, america s obsession with locking up immigrants. he is a professor of law at the university of denver and an immigration lawyer who runs immigration.com and speaks on immigration law and policy issues, he hasappeared in the new york times, wall street journal, npr, guardian and other venues . please give a big welcome to cesar. [applause] good evening. great to be here with all of you. it s really nice when i find out that i m not the only one who thinks that spending a saturday night in a bookstore is the best option available. especially here. i actually wrote a decent chunk of migrating in prison over at the bar just behind some of you so i recom
Good morning again and thank you for joining our second session today. My name is what he register. I teach in the History Program here. Director of the project on slavery race and reconciliation. The institutions endeavored to not only understand a particular history, but the obligations that that history has had for us. It is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers and order of their appearance. First up this morning as professor Tracy Campbell at the university of kentucky. Professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke remarkable and has a teaching history. He taught at mars hill and union colleges. Kentucky, hebeen a has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. Kiss the author of numerous articles and five major books, including most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. Louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. Our is directly related to symposium today. The history o
I teach in the History Program here. I also am the director of the project on slavery, race, and reconciliation. Institutions endeavor to not only understand a particular history, but the obligations that that history has had for us. It is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers in order of their appearance. First up this morning is professor Tracy Campbell of the university of kentucky. Professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke university. History ofmarkable teaching and scholarship. , here arriving at kentucky taught at mars hill and union colleges. Since he has been at kentucky, he has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. He is the author of numerous articles and five major books, including most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. Louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. Perhaps directly related to our symposium today is his history of Election Fraud in ameri