Tracking undocumented children in schools

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

PROGRAM #11075 12:00 PM PT 

Tracking undocumented children in schools. 

Tennessee Republicans are advancing a bill that would require Tennessee public schools to track the number of students without verified immigration status, check their papers, and collect and report their data to the state government. Several states are considering similar laws. What is the legal viability and future of these measures?

Guest: Cesar Bautista Sanchez, Campaign Director, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition-TIRRC, Nashville, TN.

The War Against Iran. President Trump’s “massive and ongoing” operation against Iran is widening the conflict while driving up the cost of the war and pushing oil prices higher. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans blocked an initiative that would have imposed limits on the war. How long could the conflict last? What has been the cost so far? And how is its constitutionality being debated?

Guest: Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, Codepink, Washington, DC.

Another War: Disinformation. In times of conflict, a battle over narratives also unfolds. The attacks in the Middle East, driven by the United States and Israel, have unleashed a wave of disinformation circulating across social media: recycled images, video game footage presented as real attacks, and AI-generated combat videos. What have been the most common false claims? Who spreads them? How do they travel online? And how have they shaped public opinion about the war?

Guest: Rafael Olavarría, Politics and Migration Fact-checker, Factchequeado, Washington, DC.

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