Mukherjee, who interviewed dozens of detained children and childents the youngest separated from his family at the border. He was just four months old. We will also go to colorado to speak with rosa sabido, an undocumented immigrant who has taken satutuary a c chuh. My name is rosa sidido and therere in sanctuary in united mhodist crch. Only had two choices. Either tee sanctuary or be willgo be tak in custy anbe detaid. In an immigratn n deteionn centete which is practically to be jailed. Amy than Tropical Storm barry makes landfall in louisiana, putting millions at risk of epic flooding. President trump declared a state of emergrgency in more than 60,0 were without power. In hurricane season, we dont know when the next time is going to be we get a storm. We assume it could be very quickly, so we will be out and about and that is what why this really is not over. Amy the biggest climate news is in south asia where monsoon season has pummeled with deadly rains. We will speak with environmental reporter dahr jamail about the impact of Climate Change on extreme weather and is no report. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Widespread raids by immigration agents did not materialize over the weekend despite threats of President Trump. A handful of raids did unfold across the country and protesters rallied in support of immigrant communities. Agents and chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her children only to quickly release them. A rests arrests were attempted in new york, but people refuse to open the doors. There was a vigil to continue from the community of their rights. This is an organizer of the new sanctuary coalition. Werere here today b becausee heard what happened yeyesterday, that ice came to our neighborhood. Untiled to stand togetheher the message saying that they are not welcome here. Amy and this is a new york state senator at another rally in queens. Where the most diverse district in the entire country. And with that comes a huge responsibility for every single section of our neighbors. For our undocumented neighbors, we are out here trying to show solidarity, making sure people understand their rights here in Jackson Heights we always banded together to protect each other and no one, not even the president of the united date is going to mess with our neighbors. Amy Authorities Say more rates are planned this week. Well have more on this story after headlines. Vice president mike pence defended conditions for detained migrants after visiting two detention facilities in texas friday. Every family i spoke to said they were being will will care for them a different from some of the harsh rhetoric we hear from our democrats on capitol hill. Amy a tweet from Washington Post reporter josh dawsey, who was covering the Vice President s visit, described the dire conditions inside one of of the jails vp saw 384 men sleeping inside fences, on concrete with no pillows or mats. They said they hadnt showered in weeks, wanted toothbrushes, food. Stench was overwhelming. Cbp said they were fed regularly, could brush daily and recently got access to shower. Many had not pretended 20 days, he tweeted. Many had not pretended 20 days from he tweeted. Meanwhile, a new report from the House Oversight committee released on friday found that at least 18 Migrant Children under the age of two have been separated from their families at the border as part of trumps zero tolerance family separation policy. This included nine infants under the age of one. On sunday, President Trump unleashed a racist attack on four progressive congresswomen of color, telling them to go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. The tweets were aimed at Congress Members ayanna pressley, alexandria ocasiocortez, rashida tlaib, and ilhan omar. All four are u. S. Citizens and three of them were born in the United States. Ilhan omar was born in somalia before coming to the u. S. As a refugee at age 12. Congressmember omar fired back at trump, tweeting as members of congress, the only country we swear an oath to is the United States. Which is why we are fighting to protect it from the worst, most corrupt and inept president we have ever seen. Congressmember omar added you are stoking White Nationalism because you are angry that People Like Us are serving in congress and fighting against your hatefilled agenda. Trumps twitter tirade also named hoHouse Speaker pelosi. He wrote these places need your help badly, you cant leave fast enough. Im sure that nancy pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements House Speaker pelosi called trumps remarks xenophobic and said that that trumps tweet reaffirms his plan to make America Great again has always been about making America White again. Our diversity is our strength and our unity is our power. Trumps racist attacks come on the heels of a public feud between Speaker Pelosi and the four congress memberers followig last months passing of the contested border funding bill, opposed by the four. Last week, House Speaker pelosi told the New York Times all these people have their public whatever and their twitter world. But they didnt have any following. Theyre four people, and thats how many votes they got. Aoc tweeted in response that public whatever is called public sentiment. And wielding the power to shift it is how we actually achieve meaningful change in this country. Alexander Acosta Cortez also said in an interview that pelosis explicit singling out of newly elected women of color was outright disrespectful. Last week, pelosi told the progressive Congress Members to bring any grievances to her in person, rather thahan express tm via twitter. A white house meeting today between guatemalan president jimmy Moore AllisonPresident Trump has been canceled as reports emerged of a Safe Third Country Agreement that was to be signed between the two heads of state. The Constitutional Court of guatemalan temporarily blocked a Safe Third Country Agreement would mean that migrants heading apply for. Have to some of the first destination. It was blocks in a following widespread outloo outcry. Alex acosta is out as labor secretary amid the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case. Trump announced the dedeparturen friday, saying the decision was acostas. He stood at his side went acosta explained why he was resigning. Two days earlier, acosta continued to defend himself for his plea deal with accused serial sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 when he was a u. S. Prosecutor. A u. S. Attorney in florida. Epstein, who is now standing trial in new york on similar charges, received just 13 months in county jail despite being accused of sexually abusing and trafficking hundreds of underage girls. Trump has tapped Patrick Pizzella as acting labor secretary. Pizzella, the Current Deputy labor secretary, is known for opposing labor rights. In the 1990s, he worked with disgraced republican lobbyist and now exconvict Jack Abramoff to deny Worker Protections in the northern mariana islands. In south asia, ongoing heavy rain and flooding have killed at least 67 people in nepal, 25 in india, and 14 in bangladesh. Monsoon rains have affected more than one Million People in south asia, including thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in southern Bangladeshs Coxs Bazar the largest refugee camp in the world. The tunisian r red crescent says the bodies of all 82 missing people who were on board a migrant ship that sank off its coast earlier this month have been recovered. The boat was heading to europe from libya. Tunisian fishermen initially rescued four o of the boats passengers but one later died in hospital. According to the International Organization for migration, at least 426 people have drowned attempting to cross the mediterranean so far this year, while thousands have been returned to migrant jails in libya. In algeria, protesters took to the streets friday for the 21st straight week to call for the establishment of independent, civilianled institutions to oversee upcoming elections. Algeriall build another in a free and independent. An independent trust is an independent regime and independent president , to build a country with an independent economy. Amy longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in april amid the popular uprising. Elections planned for july 4 were canceled after protesters said they would be controlled by the army and politicians from the ruling elite. Interim president abdelkader bensalah, who is backed by the military, remains in power despite his mandate having expired last week. In ecuador, members of the indigenous waorani tribe celebrated as a court upheld a ruling barring the government from selling land in the amazon to oil companies. The waorani argued they had not been consulted over the governments plans to auction off their ancestral lands. The historic ruling could set a precedent for other indigenous groups fighting exploitation of their lands. This is waorani activist nemonte nenquimo. Ournd this victory means people and the future generations, the children, our children, will live healthy and without contamination and that also means to the world that we contribute to the air you breathe, which is from the amazon. Amy the israeli army acknowledged that it accidentally killed 28yearold hamas member mahmoud aladham in the occupied gaza strip thursday. Al adham was attempting to turn away two young palestinians near the gaza strips separation barrier with israel when the soldiers shot at him. The killing came amid a fragile truce that was mediated by egypt, qatar, and the u. N. Following a spike in violence in may that killed at least 25 palestinians. In somalia, gunmen killed a reported 26 people after they stormed and took siege on a hotel in the southern port city of kismayo. The dead incncludes kenyans, americans, a briton, and tanzanians, as well as at least two journalists and a candidate for augusts regional elections. The victims also included sosolicanadian journalist and popular social media figure Hodan Nalayeh who focused on covering the beauty of her native country and its people. She moved back to somalia just last year after 30 years away. She was pregnant and had two children. President trump withdrew from the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal to spite president barack obama. This according to a newly leaked memo written by former British Ambassador to the u. S. Kim darroch in 2018. Ambassador darroch called the move diplomatic vandalism, motivatedd by ideological and personality reasons. Darroch stepped down from his position last week amid fallout from earlier leaks in which he called trump inept, insecure and incompetent. In more news about iran, britain has said the oil tanker they seized off the coast of gibraltar would be released if iran guaranteed it was not heading to syria, a violation of european sanctions. Meanwhile, president Hassan Rouhani has reiterated that he is ready to talk if harsh sanctions are lifted and the u. S. Agrees to return to the landmark deal, which was deemed to be effective before the u. S. Pulled out last year. Back in the u. S. , the house voted along party lines to pass the 733 billion National Defense authorization act friday. 27 republicans joined with the majority of democrats to pass an amendment to the act, restricting trumps ability to launch a military strike on iran without the approval of congress. The senate rejected such an amendment last month. The senate and house defense bills must now be reconciled, making the f fate of the bipartisan house amendment uncertain. Hurricane barry was downgradad to a Tropical Storm as it continues its path across louisiana and neighboring states. Authorities warn the risk of dangerous storm surges and flash flooding remain high but said the impact could have been much worse. Over 150,000 customers lost power in parts of louisiana sunday, while torrential downpours and flooding ruined homes and businesses in some areas. And celebrated union leader Hector Figueroa died thursday at his home in queens, new york at the age of 57. Figueroa was the president of local 32bj of the Service Employees international union, representing over 170,000 building cleaners, security guards, doormen, and airport workers. Figueroa was instrumental in key labor struggles across the city, including increasing airport workers minimum wage to 19 an and the highprofile fight for a minimum wage of 15 per hour for a workers, which led or fast food workers, which led to a nationwide campaign. This is Hector Figueroa speaking to democracy now at may day protests in 2017 in new york city. We all know that immigrant rights are worker rights. No more deportatation, no more breaking families. We are here and were going to stay and fight because we work really hard. We feed the american public. We take care of the children. We clean the offices. Americahe ones making strong, and we are here to stay. Amy that was Hector Figueroa, prominent new York City Union leader addressing may day protests. He died last thursday of a heart attack at the age of 57. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Widespread immigration raids did not materialize across the country this weekend after President Trump announced them in advance. A handful of raids did still unfold and prompted protests in support of immigrant communities. Agents in chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her kids only to quickly release them. Arrests were also attempted here in new york city, but migrants reportedly refused to open their door to agents. Authorities say more raids are planned this week. Democracy now was in queens sunday when residents protested with local lawmakers, including tiffany caban, who recently declared victory in the highly contested queens district attorneys race that is now facing a recount. To they are committed is getting together not only to protest the ice raids, but also to call for the abolition of ice. Acknowledging it is a rogue agency that puts a lot of our families in danger of family separation and deportation. Im proud of the efforts. We know there has been an ice presence in the city but so far we have not had folks in queens picked up. I think that speaks to the strength of our communities, the way we are coming out and saying were going to let people know their rights and do it we can to protect our neighbors and continue to do it for as long as we need to. Amy this comes amid growing outrage over dire conditions for migrants held in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions by customs and Border Patrol, including children and families seeking asylum. On friday, Vice President mike pence toured two Migrant Detention Centers in texas, including one in mcallen where hundreds of men were crowded into dirty cells without cots to sleep on and many said they were hungry and had been detained for 40 days. Trump tweeted that the childrens rooms pence saw were well run and clean and facilities for single men were clean but crowded. Pence defended conditions during an interview on cnn and refused to tell pamela brown. Today was very different for the families versus a very you saw today was clean facility where people were being detained indoors, and then you saw a temporary facility that was c constructed because this facility is overcrowdwded. But everyone even in the temporary facility, pamela, is getting three meals a day, getting health care, g getting hygiene false of amy Vice President pence refused to say whether children would be separated from their parents. Video of pence visiting the Border Patrol facilities, looking at men in the overcrowded cells without speaking to them and then walking away, was broadcast around the world. At the same time people held lights for liberties in at least 900 cities around the world, in what organizers called one of the Largest Global mass mobilizations in history. They called for the close the Detention Centers and end the Inhumane Treatment. This is activist Linda Sarsour speaking at the vigil in new york citys foley square, just across from an ice processing center. Thatwant to remind people there are chil