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The Trump administration spent the weekend trying hard to rendition immigrants to foreign gulags. But Supreme Court took some baby steps this weekend toward maybe possibly doing their damn jobs and ensuring that the rule of law survives. And in the biggest surprise since the stock market dropping like a rock on news of crippling tariffs on China, Pete Hegseth is texting war plans AGAIN. And for subscribers, Harvard University sues the Trump administration. Links:   D.V.D. v. Homeland Security (Notice of Removal to Third Country) [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/   AFGE, AFL-CIO v. Office of Personnel Management [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69655364/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-united-states/   President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69921962/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-us-department-of-health-and/   American Oversight v. Hegseth [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69788832/american-oversight-v-hegseth/   A.A.R.P. (W.M.M.) v. Trump [SCOTUS Docket] https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a1007.html   W.M.M. (A.A.R.P.) v. Trump [Trial Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69898198/wmm-v-donald-j-trump/   A.A.R.P. (W.M.M.) v. Trump [Fifth Circuit Docket] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69913684/aarp-v-trump/   Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod  

Nicolle Wallace on the life and legacy of Pope Francis, known as “the people's pope,” for his championing of humanity and advocacy for the marginalized. Joined by: Steve Liesman, Courtney Kube, Frank Kendall, Anthea Butler, Christopher White, Lee Gelernt, Dahlia Lithwick, Vaughn Hillyard, Jon Meacham, and Mike Barnicle.

Guests: Chris Newman, Lee Gelernt, Betsy Stevenson, Jamelle Bouie, Tim MillerSen. Chris Van Hollen returns home and raises the stakes. What we know about what happened in El Salvador as the White House keeps spinning. Then, as Harvard stands up to the White House, the surprising voices calling for a "civic uprising.” And new warning signs that Trump's tariffs are already causing pain to Americans.  Want more of Chris? Download and subscribe to his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.

On this week's episode of 'The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart': The Opposition. From the court of public opinion to the judiciary itself, the pushback against President Trump's war on the rule of law is growing, including at the Supreme Court, which early this morning, blocked the Trump Administration from carrying out more deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, for now. Lee Gelernt, the ACLU's lead counsel in the case, joins me to discuss this consequential case and the response we just got from the administration. Rising Up. As anti-Trump demonstrators take to the streets across the country again, I'll ask Rep. Madeleine Dean why her packed town hall this week moved her to tears. And Never Surrender. Harvard alum and Washington Post columnist, David Ignatius, tells us how the elite university sent an important message, not just to other academic institutions, but to the entire country, when it stood up to Trump. All that and more on “The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart.” 

The judge hearing the case against Donald Trump's deportation flights is losing patience with the administration's excuses and stall tactics, and today raised the specter of holding members of the administration in contempt of court. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, discusses with Rachel Maddow.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, April 14, and reports on Donald Trump and El Salvador's president uniting against a SCOTUS ruling and the economy. Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary, Andrew Weissmann and Lee Gelernt join.

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia Caleb Silver, Contributing Editor of The Atlantic Norman Ornstein, Deputy Director of Immigrants' Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union Lee Gelernt, Business Investigations Editor for The New York Times David Enrich, Co-Host, MSNBC's “The Weekend: Primetime” Catherine Rampell, fmr. Advisor to the National Economic Council Diane Swonk, Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil Baher Azmy, Executive Director of The Yellowhammer Fund Jenice Fountain, Executive Director of the West Alabama Women's Center Robin Marty.

President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, without due process, could end up at the Supreme Court. An appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the administration from using the rare wartime authority for deportations, a decision the White House will appeal. Laura Barrón-López discussed the case with Lee Gelernt of the ACLU's Immigrants Rights Project. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, without due process, could end up at the Supreme Court. An appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the administration from using the rare wartime authority for deportations, a decision the White House will appeal. Laura Barrón-López discussed the case with Lee Gelernt of the ACLU's Immigrants Rights Project. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – discusses the continued fallout over the Atlantic's bombshell reporting that their editor was added to a group chat where U.S. national security officials discussed military operations, as senators get to question some of the members of the chat on Capitol Hill, as well as the Trump administration's defiance of the judicial branch in its quest to deport Venezuelan nationals without due process, and more.Joined by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Tyler Pager, Cait Conley, Amanda Carpenter, Lee Gelernt, Mondaire Jones, and Phil Holsinger, Zerlina Maxwell, and Angelo Carusone.

Guests: Amanda Litman, Waleed Shahid, Lee Gelernt, Alvaro Bedoya, Michael LewisBig crowds for no-show Republicans, bigger crowds for Democrats in the fight. Tonight: as the President undermines American education, new evidence that the people aren't going to stand for it. Then, the Trump administration courts a constitutional crisis in defiance of a judge's order on deportation flights. Plus, the Pentagon's absurd effort to shove all our heads back in the sand.   Want more of Chris? Download and subscribe to his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.

Maribel Hernández Rivera is the ACLU's National Director of Immigrant Community Strategies. And Lee Gelernt is Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project. You can read more about their work here and here, respectively. At Liberty is a production of the ACLU, and hosted by W. Kamau Bell. This episode was executive produced by Jessica Herman Weitz and Gwen Schroeder for the ACLU, and W. Kamau Bell, Kelly Rafferty, PhD, and Melissa Hudson Bell, PhD for Who Knows Best Productions. It was recorded at Skyline Studios in Oakland, CA. At Liberty is edited and produced by Erica Getto and Myrriah Gossett for Good Get.

Nicolle Wallace on the Trump Administration's continued capitulation to Russia, Trump loyalist Kash Patel's confirmation to lead the FBI, and Netflix's newest political thriller “Zero Day.” Joined by: Bill Browder, Mark Mazzetti, Ben Rhodes, Julie Turkewitz, Lee Gelernt, Marc Elias, Mike Schmidt, Noah Oppenheim, and Eric Newman.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bring sweeping changes to immigration policy – mass deportations, revoking birthright citizenship and asylum protections, and more – and has suggested he will deploy the military to carry out his plans. Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, litigated several high-profile immigration cases during the first Trump administration. Gelernt joins Joyce Vance to discuss the potential legal fallout when Trump retakes the White House. Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. For analysis of recent legal news, join the CAFE Insider community. Head to cafe.com/insider to join for just $1 for the first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN Michael Smerconish looks back at other memorials from tragic deaths and asks if others will memorialize the UnitedHealth CEO. NYU Stern Business School Professor Scott Galloway shares his take on the public condemnation towards the healthcare industry after a suspect shot and killed UnitedHealth's CEO Brian Thompson. Two New Jersey state representatives are asking the federal government to step in and take down these drones to understand their origin. ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt addresses the legal and ethical challenges of whether undocumented migrants could be arrested at schools, places of worship, and domestic violence centers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Mike Schmidt, Basil Smikle, Charlie Sykes, Rep. Dan Goldman, Jacob Soboroff, Molly Jong-Fast, Lee Gelernt, and Katty Kay.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Sam Brock, Tom Winter, Frank Figliuzzi, Andrew Weissmann, Tim Heaphy, Claire McCaskill, Lee Gelernt, Eddie Glaude, Rick Stengel, and Michael Crowley. 

Since Donald Trump's victory two weeks ago, some people are worried about one of his main campaign promises — to launch the largest deportation operation in American history. What does that really mean, and how feasible is it that it will happen at the scale the president-elect is promising? This week, NY1's Errol Louis spoke to three experts — Lee Gelernt, the deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project; Elora Mukerjee, director of Columbia Law School's Immigrants' Rights Clinic; and Luis Gomez Alfaro, an attorney in New York and New Jersey, with extensive experience in immigration law — about what Trump can truly do legally. They also discuss the possibility of ending birthright citizenship, what will be happening at the border and the impact Trump's plans will have on millions across the country. And they provided some specific, practical information for immigrants who are worried about being detained. Join the conversation, weigh in on Twitter using the hashtag #NY1YouDecide, give us a call at 212-379-3440 and leave a message, or send an email to YourStoryNY1@charter.com.

Former President Donald Trump is now the projected winner in the 2024 race for the White House, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris with an unprecedented and polarizing campaign. Following Harris' concession speech on Wednesday afternoon, MSNBC journalists gathered to discuss what's next for the Democratic party and what to expect in a second Trump term.Listen to the full MSNBC special here, led by Rachel Maddow along with Chris Hayes, Joy Reid, Jen Psaki, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ari Melber, and Stephanie Ruhle.And for the latest updates on Decision 2024, visit msnbc.com.

This episode features a speech from Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project and recipient of The Advocates' Special Recognition Award at this year's Human Rights Awards Dinner. This episode also included a brief introduction by Michele McKenzie, Deputy Director at The Advocates. theadvocatesforhumanrights.org

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Isaac Arnsdorf, Marc Elias, John Heilemann, Vaughn Hillyard, Yamiche Alcindor, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Lee Gelernt, Texas State Rep. Victoria Neave, Mary McCord, Dave Aronberg, Russ Buettner, and Steve Kornacki.

On June 4, the Biden administration signed an executive order that will severely restrict people's legal right to seek asylum, no matter how strong their claims. Among the measures announced, the administration will effectively shut off asylum for the overwhelming majority of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of encounters reaches 2,500 between ports of entry, a threshold which has already been met.  The order is the most restrictive border policy instituted by President Biden and echoes an effort in 2018 by former President Trump to cut off migration, which the ACLU and other immigrant rights advocates successfully challenged.  Under any president, lawful, harmful policies that eliminate crucial lifelines for people seeking safety will be taken to task. Joining us to discuss Biden's executive order and our lawsuit to fight against it are Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrant Rights Project and Keren Zwick, director of litigation at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago.

Latino USA continues to mark its 30th anniversary and look back at its reporting throughout the last three decades. On today's show we look at immigration, then and now. Maria Hinojosa is joined by Camilo Montoya-Galvez, immigration and politics reporter for CBS; Natalia Aristizabal, Deputy Director of Make the Road New York; and Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project. Together, they discuss immigration policies from the last 30 years.

A proposed settlement from the Biden administration would allow migrant families who were separated from their children at the southern border to stay in the U.S. for three years and apply for asylum while getting aid. If a judge accepts the settlement, it would also prevent the government from separating families for at least eight years. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Lee Gelernt of the ACLU. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Hosts Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by Lee Gelernt of the ACLU to talk about Title 42. What is it? What are the implications of the Supreme Court's decision to keep Title 42? What should President Biden and Congress do from here? They discuss this and the most important Supreme Court cases to watch for this term.  Get More From Lee Gelernt: ACLU | Columbia Law School Get more from Jill and Victor Jill Wine-Banks: Twitter | Facebook | Website | Author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight For Truth & Justice Against A Criminal President | iGen Politics Victor Shi: Twitter |Medium | Blog w/Jill Wine-Banks |  Former Biden Delegate: @Bideninaugural | iGen Politics Email iGen Politics at igp@politicon.com or tweet using #iGenPolitics

The fate of migrants at the U.S. southern border remains up in the air as the Supreme Court leaves Title 42 in place. ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the organization's case for removing Title 42. New York has declared a state of emergency following the weekend's major winter storm. Southwest Airlines faces a Department of Transportation investigation following nationwide flight cancelations. Sarah Fagen and Jon Alter join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. New Hampshire lawmakers push back against Democratic Party efforts to change the 2024 primary schedule.

The world is currently facing the largest refugee crisis since the Second World War. Millions of people are fleeing the effects of war, poverty, and persecution from places as disparate as Afghanistan, Central America, Haiti, and now Ukraine. This is happening against the continued backdrop of COVID-19 and the U.S. government's use of a long-dormant immigration authority to expel asylum seekers. Evan Monod speaks this week with Shoba Wadhia and Lee Gelernt about the current and enduring challenges with the U.S. immigration system and how the current state of migration underscores the urgency for reform. ----------------- Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.org Today's Host: Evan Monod, ACS Law Fellow Guest: Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project Guest: Shoba Wadhia, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Penn State Law Link: "Five Things to Know About the Title 42 Immigrant Expulsion Policy," by Leonardo Castañeda and Katie Hoeppner of the ACLU Link: ACLU Update on Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas Link: "The Racism and Incoherence of the World's Asylum Systems," by Naureen Kahn Visit the Podcast Website: Broken Law Podcast Email the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.org Follow ACS on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube ----------------- Production House: Flint Stone Media Copyright of American Constitution Society 2022.

This week we're going to talk about families, and a uniquely American hypocrisy surrounding them. On the one hand, politicians are always talking about supporting strong, nuclear families, and in some ways, we do. We give tax breaks to people who get married and have children. Kids eat free at Denny's on Tuesdays. Yet, also in America, government officials at the federal, state, and local levels are tearing families apart by the thousands under the cover of our laws. For example, in the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security forcibly separated more than 5,000 migrant parents from their children – some as young as 4 months old – under Trump's “zero tolerance” border policy. To this day, a thousand children and maybe more are yet to be reunited with their families. They remain stranded and alone. Candidate Joe Biden had called the policy “criminal. But in December the Justice Department walked away from settlement talks with lawyers representing those families. And immigration enforcement isn't the only way we destroy families. The criminal justice system and the child welfare system do it too, in astonishing numbers, and usually to the most vulnerable among us. To discuss this double-standard–propping up some families while destroying others–the and the continued trauma and ongoing battle of separated families is Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, who has steered the border separation litigation from the beginning. Joining him is Shanta Trivedi, assistant professor at the University of Baltimore Law School and faculty director of the Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children, and the Courts – a foremost expert on the law around family trauma.

Lee Gelernt is a lawyer at the ACLU's national office in New York. He is widely recognized as one of the country's leading public interest lawyers and has argued dozens of important civil rights cases during his career, including in the U.S. Supreme Court and virtually every federal court of appeals in the country. He has also testified as a legal expert before both houses of Congress. His recent work is featured in the documentary “The Fight.” In addition to his work at the ACLU, he is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, and for several years was a visiting professor at Yale Law School. During the past four years, he has argued some of the country's highest profile cases, including: A national class-action challenge to the Trump administration's unprecedented practice of separating immigrant families at the border. In 2018, a federal court issued an injunction in Ms. L. v. ICE holding the practice unconstitutional and requiring the administration to reunite the thousands of separated families, which included babies and toddlers. Lee's work on this case is featured in the 2020 documentary film “The Fight” and in a July 2018 New York Times Magazine cover story about the ACLU. Successful challenges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to the Trump administration's first and second asylum bans. The first case challenging the president's travel ban on individuals from certain Muslim-majority nations, which resulted in a federal court in Brooklyn issuing a nationwide Saturday night injunction against the ban only one day after the president enacted it. A class-action challenge to the Trump administration's use of the Title 42 public health laws to summarily expel unaccompanied migrant children without an asylum hearing, based on the claim that the policy was necessary because of COVID-19. Successfully arguing Rodriguez v. Swartz in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, involving the fatal cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager in Mexico by a U.S. border patrol officer firing from U.S. soil. The appeals court ruling in favor of the boy's family was the first-ever federal court decision to hold that the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against the use of excessive force by law enforcement applies extraterritorially. The case was the subject of a cover story in the Sunday New York Times Magazine.

On this special episode of CAFE Insider, Joyce Vance interviews Lee Gelernt, the Deputy Director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project.  Gelernt is one of the country's leading civil rights lawyers. During the Trump administration, he filed lawsuits challenging the White House's most draconian immigration policies, including the ban on individuals from certain Muslim-majority countries and the family separation policy at the border. Now, Gelernt is actively litigating a case against the Biden administration for its use of a Trump-era public health policy to expel migrants at the border.  To hear Joyce's full conversation with Gelernt, where he discusses the status of the Trump administration's border separation policy and reflects on national security law in the wake of 9/11, become a member of CAFE Insider and get the first two weeks free: www.cafe.com/insider This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Adam Waller – Senior Editorial Producer; Matthew Billy – Audio Producer; Sam Ozer-Staton – Editorial Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Haitian migrants trying to cross the Rio Grande river were chased by U.S. border agents on horseback this past week. Some will be deported back to Haiti, a country many say they haven't been to in years, because President Joe Biden has kept a Trump-era policy that allows them to be deported without the chance to seek asylum. Matt Galloway speaks with Arelis Hernandez, Texas correspondent for the Washington Post, who has been covering the situation from the Mexico-Texas border; and Lee Gelernt, a lawyer and deputy director of the Immigrants' Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.

President Joe Biden's administration has taken a very different stance from his predecessor on many immigration issues. But it also has also just extended a Trump-era rule that allows some asylum-seekers to be expelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amna Nawaz talks to Lee Gelernt of the ACLU about their lawsuit against the government, plus continuing efforts to reunite separated families. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Tonight: Why the NRA was cheering the defeat of an assault weapons ban in Boulder—the day before the Boulder shooter bought his. Then, the bumper crop of Trump Republicans vying for the senate grows by one. Plus, how the hack lawyer who sold the big election lie is now changing her tune after being sued for defamation. And Rep. Jamie Raskin on the bizarre Republican arguments against D.C. statehood. Guests: Fred Guttenberg, Rachel Friend, Heidi Heitkamp, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Marc Elias, Lee Gelernt

First, Chris goes one on one with Rep. Adam Schiff on FBI Director Christopher Wray's testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Then, Chris discusses the bills that pose new voter restrictions in Georgia and Texas with Laura Coates and David Gregory. Chris wraps up the show with ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project Deputy Director, Lee Gelernt. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

First, Chris goes one on one with Rep. Adam Schiff on FBI Director Christopher Wray's testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Then, Chris discusses the bills that pose new voter restrictions in Georgia and Texas with Laura Coates and David Gregory. Chris wraps up the show with ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project Deputy Director, Lee Gelernt. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

CPAC, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, starts today in Orlando, Florida. On Sunday, former President Trump will take the stage for his first public address since leaving office. Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, discusses what role the former President could play in the future and the blowback he received for criticizing Trump. Rep. Kinzinger also weighs in on what aspects of the Covid relief bill he supports and what he thinks the new administration should be doing in Afghanistan. The Biden administration is facing backlash and being accused of hypocrisy following the decision to reopen a child migration detention facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The same facility was used in 2019 by the Trump administration, which received harsh criticism from then candidates, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, for putting kids in cages. The White House defending the decision to reopen the facility, saying that it was only temporary and is needed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. FOX News White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher explains why the White House is saying it's not the same as what the previous administration did. Deputy Director of the ACLU's National Immigrants' Rights Project, Lee Gelernt weighs in on the Biden administration's decision and what alternatives it has to house these migrant children. Plus, commentary by syndicated columnist Cal Thomas.

Jeff Simmons and Celeste Katz Marston discuss immigration policy -- now and ahead -- with Bitta Mostofi, Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, and Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. Original air date: December 31, 2020.

On December 31, 2020, WBAI 99.5 FM Driving Forces hosts Celeste Katz Marston and Jeff Simmons discussed what a new presidential administration will mean for immigrant rights in the country. The episode featured conversations with and Bitta Mostofi, Commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, and Lee Gelernt, Dep. Dir. of the ACLU's Immigrants’ Rights Project.

LIVE FROM OUR STUDIOS IN DALLAS TEXAS - Please join us live every Thursday at 6pmcst for a live/unscripted show: We discuss politics/events in the world like no other show you have heard. Caution there is no spin here just the truth as we know it. Your host John Hollywood & Amos Waranch Show Producer Maureen Vanterpool Show sponsor Above and beyond design call today to change your life 210-264-2073 Main Topic - MR. PRESIDENT, WE WANT ANSWERS,. Did you sell the kids for your money to put in your pocket?? -   Lawyers appointed to represent hundreds of children who were separated from their parents as a result of President Trump's 2018 policy say they are having a difficult time locating the adults, fearing many of them were deported while their children stayed in the country. The lawyers said the parents of 545 children have still yet to be located and they believe about two-thirds of those individuals were deported to Central America, according to a court filing by the American Civil Liberties Union. “It is critical to find out as much as possible about who was responsible for this horrific practice while not losing sight of the fact that hundreds of families have still not been found and remain separated," Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project

LIVE FROM OUR STUDIOS IN DALLAS TEXAS - Please join us live every Thursday at 6pmcst for a live/unscripted show: We discuss politics/events in the world like no other show you have heard. Caution there is no spin here just the truth as we know it. Your host John Hollywood & Amos Waranch Show Producer Maureen VanterpoolShow sponsor Above and beyond design call today to change your life 210-264-2073Main Topic - MR. PRESIDENT, WE WANT ANSWERS,. Did you sell the kids for your money to put in your pocket?? -   Lawyers appointed to represent hundreds of children who were separated from their parents as a result of President Trump's 2018 policy say they are having a difficult time locating the adults, fearing many of them were deported while their children stayed in the country. The lawyers said the parents of 545 children have still yet to be located and they believe about two-thirds of those individuals were deported to Central America, according to a court filing by the American Civil Liberties Union. “It is critical to find out as much as possible about who was responsible for this horrific practice while not losing sight of the fact that hundreds of families have still not been found and remain separated," Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project

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Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Supporters of Donald Trump are already running amok at early voting locations around the United States. And the Secret Service busted a man who wrote a letter threatening to kill Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, as well as their supporters in his city. Meanwhile, labor unions and allied organizations are forming their own volunteer force to counter Trump’s QUOTE army ENDQUOTE of poll-watchers. Everybody in labor is getting the message that the election isn’t over on November 3rd. And lastly, for the first time, a pope of the Catholic church comes out in favor of legal recognition for same-sex unions. Tradcaths are mad as hell about it. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: A 42-year-old man from Frederick, Marlyand, was charged yesterday with threatening the lives of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the Washington Post reports. Secret Service investigators and federal prosecutors say James Dale Reed left a handwritten letter on the doorstep of a Frederick residence, threatening to severely beat Biden and rape Harris with his rifle barrel before executing both candidates on national television. The letter also warned supporters of the Biden-Harris campaign that they would be targeted. Separately, the Post reports, tensions are high at early-voting sites around the country. The first days of early voting have unfolded with dozens of accusations of inappropriate campaigning and possible voter intimidation in at least fourteen states. A wide array of complaints have been reported, many involving Trump supporters. In Nevada City, California, as many as three hundred raucous Trump supporters in cars and trucks crowded into the parking lot of the county government center, where early voting was underway. At one polling place at a church in Hendersonville, Tennessee, last week, a Trump supporter drove by repeatedly in a large truck-and-trailer rig with Trump flags and music blaring from speakers, creating havoc. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a convoy of vehicles, some with Trump flags, honked and yelled near a voting site on Saturday. And so on. There are also concerns about the presence of police and armed security at some polling places. Finally, from the campaign trail: Barack Obama made his first live speech for Biden yesterday in Philadelphia. Voting doesn’t make everything perfect, Obama said, but it can make things better. Which, after a year like this one, has gotta be worth something. Labor prepares election defenders America’s largest labor unions are getting ready for anything come election day and its aftermath. NBC News reports that AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will convene an emergency meeting of major union leaders on Friday to map out election contingency plans. Donald Trump’s campaign is recruiting what it calls an army of volunteers to monitor polls. Labor officials say they are preparing to counter any attempt by Trump supporters to interfere with the casting or counting of ballots. In his invitation to other union presidents, Trumka said QUOTE Trump's threats pose a clear and present danger to the election, our democracy and the future of the country ENDQUOTE. The group he’s assembled includes the leaders of the Service Employees International Union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the National Education Association, all of which have endorsed Joe Biden. Tefere Gebre, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, told NBC that labor groups plan to push back not only on any ballot interference but also against any resistance to the peaceful transfer of power should Biden win. Meanwhile, the Working Families Party, a progressive group founded and backed in part by labor unions, is supporting a new initiative called Election Defenders, which is training thousands of people across the country to work the polls. The Election Defenders will provide, among other things, election and voter defense, de-escalating white supremacist intimidation tactics and signaling to a network of groups and lawyers if and where trouble breaks out. Solidarity with all defenders of democracy! Pope endorses gay unions Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions in comments for a documentary that premiered yesterday, the Associated Press reports. The pope’s comments come midway through the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. The film delves into issues Francis cares about most, including the environment, poverty, migration, racial and income inequality, and the people most affected by discrimination. According to the Catholic News Agency, Francis was speaking in the context of providing pastoral care to people who identify as LGBT. In the film, Francis says QUOTE Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God. You can’t kick someone out of a family, nor make their life miserable for this. What we have to have is a civil union law; that way they are legally covered ENDQUOTE. It’s not full marriage equality, but by Catholic church standards, it’s definitely something. Conservative Catholics are already freaking out. Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, called for clarification from the pope, saying QUOTE the church cannot support the acceptance of objectively immoral relationships ENDQUOTE. Oh please, get over yourself. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: A court filing this week by the American Civil Liberties Union revealed that lawyers have been unable to track down the parents of five hundred and forty five children who were separated from their families by the Trump administration. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, said the people responsible for this horrific practice must be held accountable. He added QUOTE We will not stop looking until we have found every one of the families, no matter how long it takes ENDQUOTE. Godspeed. The Justice Department announced a record $8.3 billion settlement yesterday with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. As part of the deal, the company agreed to plead guilty to three felonies, but the Washington Post reports that state authorities and families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction complain that the DOJ’s terms go easy on the Sacklers, the billionaire family that once ran the firm. Who could blame them? Donald Trump has a mysterious bank account in China, the New York Times reports as part of its ongoing investigation of his taxes. It’s unclear which bank holds the account or how much money may have passed through it. But it does explain why Republicans are so desperate to make an issue of the Biden family’s international business deals, which are piddling by comparison. As you may have heard by now, for his new Borat movie, Sacha Baron Cohen lured Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, into a compromising position in a hotel room. Those privy to the advance footage report that Giuliani is seen stuffing his left hand down his pants on a hotel bed in the presence of a woman presented as Borat’s fifteen-year-old daughter, Tutar, who is played by twenty-four-year-old actress Maria Bakalova. Very nice. Giuliani insisted in a radio interview yesterday that he was just tucking his shirt in. Sure thing, Rudy. That’s all for the AM Quickie. Join us this afternoon on the Majority Report. OCT 22, 2020 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

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One of the most criticized policies of the Trump administration has been its decision to separate members of families illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018. A federal judge put a stop to the practice and ordered the government to reunite families. But hundreds of them remain separated even now, with no prospect of reunion anytime soon. Amna Nawaz talks to the ACLU's Lee Gelernt. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In this episode, Jill and Victor talked with Lee Gelernt from the ACLU about the important work that he is doing as the deputy director of ACLU’s Immigrants’ Right Project and a documentary called “The Fight,” which highlights Lee’s first-hand experience fighting one of the most gut-wrenching and cruel policies of the Trump administration: separating children from their parents at the border in 2018. Lee Gelernt is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading public interest lawyers and has argued dozens of groundbreaking civil rights cases during his career, including in the U.S. Supreme Court and virtually every federal court of appeals in the country. He has also testified before both houses of Congress. During the past four years, he has successfully argued some of the country’s most high-profile cases, including a challenge to the Trump Administration’s unprecedented practice of separating families at the border; the Administration’s first and second asylum bans; and the Administration’s first Travel Ban. Lee has won numerous awards for his work, regularly lectures around the country, and frequently appears in national and international media. In addition to his work at the ACLU, he is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, and for several years was a visiting professor at Yale Law School. Intergenerational Politics is a podcast created by Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi dedicated to engaging all generations in politics with weekly unfiltered conversations with experts across the nation. Be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or other podcast streaming services.

The Supreme Court decided in a 7-2 decision to deny certain asylum seekers their right to have their day in court. This decision follows the Trump administration’s relentless attacks against asylum seekers, including closing the border and other ports of entry during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, Lee Gelernt, the ACLU’s Deputy Director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project argued the case of Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissingam, defending the rights of Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, an asylum seeker from Sri Lanka who fled ethnic persecution. Lee joins us today to break down the decision and its broader impacts on the immigration system.

Since President Trump took office, his administration has waged a series of attacks on asylum in the United States. They are restricting the number of asylum cases heard in a given day, sending asylum seekers to other countries to await review, and even working to bar specific groups of people from the process entirely. Now, a case before the Supreme Court threatens the right of asylum seekers to have their day in court. The decision will impact not just the civil liberties of asylum seekers, but all of us. On this episode we speak with Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights project who will be arguing to protect this right before the Supreme Court.

Renato and Patti discuss recent news that the Trump Administration has separated over 900 children from their parents despite a court order prohibiting that practice. They are joined by Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, who brought that disturbing fact to light in a court filing.

At the southern border, the rhetoric and emotion surrounding the issue of immigration have stood in the way of comprehensive reform. Where policy has fallen short, international, national and local nonprofit organizations have stepped in to provide vital, life-saving services. On this week’s episode, we’re taking a sobering look at the realities of what happens to migrants when they reach the border. Joining us are civil society leaders working to lessen the trauma for migrants and asylum seekers fleeing violent crime and political persecution. Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children, Maria Moreno, Principal of the Las Americas Newcomer School, and Jonathan Ryan, CEO and President of RAICES, are in conversation with Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of MercyCorps. We want to hear from you! Please take part in a quick survey to tell us how we can improve our podcast: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWZ7KMW

Lee Gelernt, the deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Immigrants' Rights Project, talks about his efforts leading the groundbreaking legal response to President Trump’s immigration positions, including the travel ban and the family separation policy, and discusses how his New York City upbringing set him up for a life of public service. Errol also shares some personal stories about two groundbreaking journalists, Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, and talks about the importance of newspaper columns. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Do you have any thoughts or questions for Errol? Weigh in on twitter with the hashtag #NY1YouDecide or give us a call at 212-379-3440 and leave a message (we're listening).

Over the past year, the Administration has instituted a number of significant changes to U.S. asylum and refugee policies. What is the future of immigration policy in the United States and how we can we ensure sensible reform? Join Lee Gelernt (@leegelernt) and David Bernstein (@DavidLBernstein) as they discuss the state of immigration in America today. CRCast Archives: http://jewishpublicaffairs.org/jcpa-crcast FOLLOW JCPA: http://Facebook.com/theJCPA http://Twitter.com/theJCPA http://jewishpublicaffairs.org

“In 25 years of doing this work, I’ve never seen a policy this cruel.” Sandy Santana, Executive Director of Children’s Rights, spoke with the ACLU’s Lee Gelernt, who has played a central role in fighting back against the Trump Administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their families. Lee filed the national class action lawsuit that reversed this inhumane and illegal policy, and he credits Children’s Rights support of the lawsuit as having been vital to its success. Learn more about the case in this conversation. “Children’s Rights took the lead in filing an amicus brief that added real heft to our case by spelling out in stark terms that the administration is terrorizing these little children and creating irreparable harm to them. And although the fight to protect them goes on, together we’ve won some significant battles.” — Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project

More than a month ago, a federal court ordered the Trump administration to reunite immigrant children and parents it had separated at the U.S. border. Yet hundreds of children remain on their own in government custody, and many of their parents have already been deported. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project and attorney for the separated families, just returned from a trip to Guatemala to find some of the parents whose children are still being held in the U.S.

Lee Gelernt has been fighting Trump’s family separation policy since early this year, months before it became the subject of national outrage. Thousands of children remain separated from their parents, despite the president’s executive order purporting to end the practice. Just hours before taping this interview, a federal judge issued a decision calling for the government to take immediate action to unify these families. Lee discusses the future of this policy and the consequences of the Supreme Court’s Muslim ban ruling on immigration policy broadly.

Legendary reporter Seymour Hersh on what he thinks of Donald Trump, his analysis of the Trump/Russia story, and some wild stories from his new memoir, “Reporter.” ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt recounts the latest on the immigrant families that are being ripped apart and separated indefinitely, and shares personal stories of the victims he represents in a nationwide class action suit against the Trump administration. Activist Mariame Kaba explains the historical foundations of the American carceral state and calls for the abolition of ICE and the prison industrial complex. Multimedia artist and rapper Yassin Alsalman, better known by Narcy, performs an original spoken word and premieres his new song, “Yemenade.”

The Trump administration is forcibly separating immigrant children from their parents, something they are hoping will deter immigrants from entering the country. It's sparked widespread outrage, protests and lawsuits, with the White House now attempting to distance itself from its own policy. How did we get here? Lee Gelernt has worked on immigrants right’s issues with the ACLU since 1992 and is now the lead lawyer suing the Trump administration to stop taking kids away from their parents. In this episode, Gelernt explains how immigration and national security became so conflated, how it connects to 9/11, and describes the trauma these families are going through. Read the full transcript at NBCNews.com/WhyIsThisHappening.