President trump long before conventional thought he stood chance to nab the nomination let alone the presidency processions to don the red and guided the pseudopresident to dissent and disloyalty has been rewarded with one of the lummis polston administration. The two see eyetoeye on immigration including sanctuary cities. Sessions new role requires them to be far more politically agnostic to the new a. G. Has plenty of challenges ahead as the Law Enforcement immigration holdover from the eric holder and Loretta Lynch Justice Department have yet to be settled. I would like to give our nations top attorney a little at ice. Let the drug war go. It failed. It was deadly and expensive and as a result of decades of misguided policy the United States has more people in cages than they do in china and europe combined almost subjectively criminal. Through votes over the air sessions has shown a fervent desire to continue to the drug war and this is concerning not only for civil libertarians ar
We begin with the weekend developments involving the deportation of Illegal Immigrants returning them to mexico or central america. Panic setting in a long immigrants. Went to get your calls and comments. We want to get your calls and comments. We also have a line for Illegal Immigrants. That number is 2027488003. Again, if you are here in the u. S. Illegally and want to join in on the conversation, 2027488003. Send us a tweet or join the conversation online at facebook. Com cspan. Good sunday morning to you. Thank you for being with us. Is begin with a headline from the chicago tribune. Lets begin with a headline from the chicago tribune. Federal agents have become newly aggressive under President Trump, who campaign for office with a vow to create a deportation force. Officials insist they have not made fundamental changes in enforcement action, and they deny stopping people randomly at checkpoint or conducting sweeps at locations where undocumented immigrants are common. However, an
This due to President Trumps economic agenda. Obamacare is moving fast. The tax reform plan coming in self wee. But the political firestorm continues to flare in washington, d. C. Michael flynn, the National Security advisor, democrats and republicans are pushing to find when exactly the president learned flynn discussed u. S. Sanctions with a russian diplomat. Those sanctions were impose by the Obama Administration. The president accepted Michael Flynns resignation last night. Many say flynn broke diplomatic protocol and potentially the law by discussing u. S. Sanctions with the Russian Ambassador before the president s inauguration. Michael flynn did apologize for misleading the president about the phone call. The fight against terror is at stake. Russia is the most powerful player in the middle east. It supports iran and syria. Blake, we are hearing bob corker on Foreign Relations and roy blunt, powerful consciousmen, they want an investigation. Thats part of where this story goes f
Would be eligible for deportation under the executive order. Amy and we will speak to the head of the new york immigration coalition. First, hundreds of fast food workers plan to converge today on the corporate offices of labor secretary nominee, fast food ceo Andrew Puzder. We will speak to a guest from the restaurant opportunity united group, a former employee at one of puzders restaurants, carls jr. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Immigration officials have arrested more than 600 people across the u. S. In the last week. The arrests in at least 11 states including california, new , york, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, illinois, indiana, kansas, kentucky, missouri, and wisconsin have spread fear amonimmigrants and their advocates. It is not clear if ice, or immigration and customs enforcement, is continuing routine operations or stepping up its deportations in line with President Trumps po
President whwho has intrododucea bill t to make calififornia a sancnctuary state. Probably half of my family would be eligible for deportation under the executive order. Amy and we will speak to the head of the new york immigration coalition. First, hundreds of fast food workers plan to converge today on the corporate offices of labor secretary nominee, fast food ceo Andrew Puzder. We will speak to a guest from the restaurant opportunity united group, a former employee at one of puzders rerestaurant, carls jr. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Immigration officials have arrested more than 600 people across the u. S. In the last week. The arrests in at least 11 states including california, new , york, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, illinois, indiana, kansas, kentucky, missouri, and wisconsin have spread fear among immigrants and their advocates. It is not clear if ice, or immigration and custom