Johnson, the executive director for the American Immigration lawyers association, talk about prospects for Immigration Reform in 2018. Washington journal is live, now. Good morning, it is wednesday, january 3, 2018. At noon, the second session of the 115th congress will convene pursuant to the u. S. Constitution. In the senate, the session will begin with two new faces when doug jones and tina smith are sworn in. We have a threehour washington journal ahead for you and we will spend our focus on what is expected to be a major issue, immigration. Toare opening our phones immigrants only, to hear your story of coming to an living in the United States. Recent legal immigrants can call in at 202 7488000. If you are a legal immigrant who has lived in this country for five years or longer, 202 7488001. Illegal, undocumented immigrants, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter, on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A good wednesday morning. Immigrants only in this fir
Million kids who have grown up in the United States. The fact that they have helped to put a face on this issue and to really bring out some of the truths about immigration and who we are talking about, them stepping out amid their lives and making their stories known has been transformative. We understand that these are doctors and lawyers. Auto mechanics and cashiers. Priests and marines. There is a whole panoply of things they do and contribute to the United States and it has been transformative. Host what do you think . By trumpsas framed aggressive campaigning on this issue when he laid out 10 Major Campaign promises and walk around with a 10 gallon hat with rhetorical heat and he said, look. We will deal with the borders and Law Enforcement and chain migration which is what he has been talking about. And talking about state and local cooperation. Banning sanctuary cities. Putting in incentives to make sure they cooperate with Law Enforcement. He has talked about closing loopholes
Million kids who have grown up in the United States. The fact that they have helped to put a face on this issue and to really bring out some of the truths about immigration and who we are talking about, them stepping out amid their lives and making their stories known has been transformative. We understand that these are doctors and lawyers. Auto mechanics and cashiers. Priests and marines. There is a whole panoply of things they do and contribute to the United States and it has been transformative. Host what do you think . By trumpsas framed aggressive campaigning on this issue when he laid out 10 Major Campaign promises and walk around with a 10 gallon hat with rhetorical heat and he said, look. We will deal with the borders and Law Enforcement and chain migration which is what he has been talking about. And talking about state and local cooperation. Banning sanctuary cities. Putting in incentives to make sure they cooperate with Law Enforcement. He has talked about closing loopholes
Mirkarimi talked about 45 minutes and 20 that he gave a prepared statement and he talked about the history of the case and what happened to get Francisco Sanchez in custody and they followed protocols to get Francisco Sanchez here and after the judge dismissed the charge of marijuana possession, that they released him without informing the ice that they were doing it because that is not their protocol, that the sanctuary city law prevents them from doing that unless theres a warrant or a court order in place. Mayor ed lee said that sheriff could have done a Courtesy Call to let ice know he was being released and Ross Mirkarimi disagrees. The mayors storys law under the buzz simply trying to walk away from the ordinance he signed into effect because if, in fact, that he is looking for some ambiguity in the law in order to cover his position, then it really defeats the whole purpose of the law in the first place. If you look very clearly in the declarative sense of the law if you follow
Die man, you are chasing the story in sanford, connecticut. A racial slur on couples garage door and they wont paint over it. What do you got if. Take a lack at this. The n word has been spray painted on couples garage door. I went to start my car, and then then, i saw this. What did you think . He found the graffiti on the saturday before Martin Luther king day. The question remains who did spite that is a good question. We have left the sign up. We pecks the Police Department to investigate as we have been targeted for many years and the police have done nothing. The only problem is, that by leaving the graffiti on the garage door. They are facing 100 daily fine. The city of sanford began to find the couple the fines amounted to more than 700. They are described as light citation as some neighbors have totally complained the vandalism is disturbing the neighborhood. But this couple kiss not back down . We have been targeted since 08 and, there is neighbors that work for the city of s