Citizenship: Trump’s New Executive Orders

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
PROGRAM #11241 12:00 PM PT

Citizenship: Trump’s New Executive Orders. 

A coalition of immigrant advocacy organizations asked a federal judge to block President Trump from enforcing his latest executive orders, which seek to restrict who automatically obtains U.S. citizenship at birth. What did the White House order? How are these orders being enforced? What do they mean by “birth tourism,” or by the children of those who collaborate with foreign governments?

Guest: Rosalba Piña, Immigration Attorney, Chicago, IL.

Electroshock in the Raids. ICE plans to spend roughly twenty million dollars to equip its agents with gloves capable of delivering painful electric shocks, equipment that has been used in U.S. jails. Civil rights advocates are questioning its use. What does this plan involve? Why are these being denounced as instruments of cruelty? What are the dangers of their use?

Guest: Angelica Sedgwick Oun, Senior Researcher of Immigrant Rights, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY.

City Government Debates Sanctuary Status. Officials in the city of Bakersfield, in staunchly conservative Kern County, suspended work on a “sanctuary city” policy following fierce backlash from opponents. The initiative would limit cooperation between municipal employees and federal deportation agents. Why is “sanctuary city” status being pushed for? Can the proposal move forward amid conservative backlash? What role does Bakersfield play in the federal mass deportation campaign?

Guest: Gonzalo Santos, Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology, California State University at Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA.

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