CAMPAIGN. THAT’S COMING UP.
THAT’S COMING UP. ALSO THOUGH, THERE IS LOTS OF
ALSO THOUGH, THERE IS LOTS OF NEWS.
NEWS. TODAY WAS FRANKLY SLIGHTLY NUT
TODAY WAS FRANKLY SLIGHTLY NUT BALLS IN WASHINGTON.
BALLS IN WASHINGTON. THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON
THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON AT ONCE, BUT TODAY WAS PUSHING
AT ONCE, BUT TODAY WAS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE.
THE ENVELOPE. THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE SUBPOENAS TO
VOTED TO AUTHORIZE SUBPOENAS TO JARED KUSHNER, FORMER ATTORNEY
JARED KUSHNER, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS, ROD
GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS, ROD ROSENSTEIN, JOHN KELLY TO
ROSENSTEIN, JOHN KELLY TO TRUMP’S NOW AWAITING SENTENCING
TRUMP’S NOW AWAITING SENTENCING MIKE FLYNN, CAMPAIGN MANAGER
MIKE FLYNN, CAMPAIGN MANAGER CORY LEWANDOWSKI AND DAVID
CORY LEWANDOWSKI AND DAVID PECKER FROM THE NATIONAL
PECKER FROM THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER AND EDITOR THERE AS
ENQUIRER AND EDITOR THERE AS WELL WHO HELPED THE PRESIDENT
WELL WHO HELPED THE PRESIDENT WITH HIS HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO
WITH HIS HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO COVER UP ALLEGED AFFAIRS BEFORE
COVER UP ALLEGED AFFAIRS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS.
THE ELECTIONS. A LAWYER NAMED KEITH DAVIDSON IS
A LAWYER NAMED KEITH DAVIDSON IS UK SUBPOENAED.
UK SUBPOENAED. MICHAEL COHEN WAS THE OTHER
MICHAEL COHEN WAS THE OTHER LAWYER INVOLVE AND HE IS ALREADY
LAWYER INVOLVE AND HE IS ALREADY SERVING FEDERAL PRISON TIME FOR
SERVING FEDERAL PRISON TIME FOR HIS IN THEM.
HIS IN THEM. JEFF SESSIONS’ CHIEF OF STAFF
JEFF SESSIONS’ CHIEF OF STAFF WHO HAS BEEN THE MAN AT THE
WHO HAS BEEN THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF THIS HUGE DEBACLE FOR
CENTER OF THIS HUGE DEBACLE FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER THIS CENSUS THING WHICH WE WILL
THIS CENSUS THING WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.
TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT. JODY HUNT AND ROD PORTER WHO WAS
JODY HUNT AND ROD PORTER WHO WAS GENTLY NUDGED OUT OF THE TRUMP
GENTLY NUDGED OUT OF THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE AFTER DOMESTIC WHITE
WHITE HOUSE AFTER DOMESTIC WHITE HOUSE ALLEGATIONS FROM BOTH OF
HOUSE ALLEGATIONS FROM BOTH OF HIS EX-WIVES PUT FLESH ON THE
HIS EX-WIVES PUT FLESH ON THE BONESs TO WHY HE COULDN’T GET A
BONESs TO WHY HE COULDN’T GET A SECURITY CLEARANCE DESPITE THE
SECURITY CLEARANCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU NEED ONE IF YOU
FACT THAT YOU NEED ONE IF YOU ARE STAFF SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
ARE STAFF SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
OF THE UNITED STATES. A NICE BUNCH SUBPOENAED TODAY BY
A NICE BUNCH SUBPOENAED TODAY BY THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. A NICE BUNCH WHOSE SUBPOENAS
A NICE BUNCH WHOSE SUBPOENAS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE
HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. THE JUDICIARY HAS BEEN CLODDING
THE JUDICIARY HAS BEEN CLODDING ALONG IN THIS DELIBERATE PROCESS
ALONG IN THIS DELIBERATE PROCESS OF REQUESTING TESTIMONY AND
OF REQUESTING TESTIMONY AND DEMANDING IT AND STILL NOT
DEMANDING IT AND STILL NOT GETTING IT AND DEMANDING IT SOME
GETTING IT AND DEMANDING IT SOME MORE AND MAKING NOISES ABOUT HOW
MORE AND MAKING NOISES ABOUT HOW SOME DAY THEY WILL WIN IT ALL IN
SOME DAY THEY WILL WIN IT ALL IN COURT.
COURT. THESE NEW COPY SUBPOENAS ARE
THESE NEW COPY SUBPOENAS ARE PART OF THAT SLOW ROLL, BUT THEY
PART OF THAT SLOW ROLL, BUT THEY REPRESENT AN INTERESTING
REPRESENT AN INTERESTING ESCALATION IN TERMS OF WHO THEY
ESCALATION IN TERMS OF WHO THEY ARE TARGETING AND HOW CLOSE THE
ARE TARGETING AND HOW CLOSE THE TARGETS ARE TO THE PRESIDENT.
TARGETS ARE TO THE PRESIDENT. JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER
JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER IS NOW AUTHORIZED TO SEND THE
IS NOW AUTHORIZED TO SEND THE SUBPOENAS TO EACH OF THE 12
SUBPOENAS TO EACH OF THE 12 GUYS.
GUYS. WE WILL SEE WHEN HE DOES IT AND
WE WILL SEE WHEN HE DOES IT AND WHETHER WE REALLY ARE GOING TO
WHETHER WE REALLY ARE GOING TO SEE THE GUYS IN AN OPEN
SEE THE GUYS IN AN OPEN TELEVISED HEARING HAVE TO ANSWER
TELEVISED HEARING HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. THE OTHER SUBPOENAS THAT HE WAS
THE OTHER SUBPOENAS THAT HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO CENT OUT IN
AUTHORIZED TO CENT OUT IN ADDITION TO THE ALLEGATIONS OF
ADDITION TO THE ALLEGATIONS OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE,
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, POTENTIAL CORRUPTION AND ABUSE
POTENTIAL CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF POWER BY THE PRESIDENT, THE
OF POWER BY THE PRESIDENT, THE OTHER SUBPOENAS HE WAS
OTHER SUBPOENAS HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO SEND OUT IS ABOUT
AUTHORIZED TO SEND OUT IS ABOUT THE TRUMP POLICY OF TAKING KITS
THE TRUMP POLICY OF TAKING KITS FROM THEIR PARENTS AND OTHER
FROM THEIR PARENTS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE BORDER.
FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE BORDER. WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK ON
WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK ON A TROVE OF SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT
A TROVE OF SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORTS DETAILING ALLEGED
REPORTS DETAILING ALLEGED MISTREATMENT OF KIDS AT A BORDER
MISTREATMENT OF KIDS AT A BORDER PATROL IN YUMA, ARIZONA.
PATROL IN YUMA, ARIZONA. THEY HAD A DETAILED CLAIM BY A
THEY HAD A DETAILED CLAIM BY A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT SHE WAS
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A UNIFORMED OFFICER INSIDE THAT
UNIFORMED OFFICER INSIDE THAT FACILITY.
FACILITY. ALTHOUGH THE SIGNIFICANT REPORT
ALTHOUGH THE SIGNIFICANT REPORT ABOUT THAT ALLEGED SEXUAL
ABOUT THAT ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT BY A UNIFORMED OFFICER
ASSAULT BY A UNIFORMED OFFICER WAS FILED WITH THE TRUMP
WAS FILED WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MORE THAN A MONTH
ADMINISTRATION MORE THAN A MONTH AGO WITH HHS, A CASE MANAGER
AGO WITH HHS, A CASE MANAGER FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FILLED OUT AND FILED THAT REPORT
FILLED OUT AND FILED THAT REPORT IN EARLY JUNE, NEVERTHELESS
IN EARLY JUNE, NEVERTHELESS THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THAT
THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THAT MATTER WAS EVER FOLLOWED UP AND
MATTER WAS EVER FOLLOWED UP AND NO INDICATION THAT THEY WERE
NO INDICATION THAT THEY WERE INVESTIGATED AFTER THIS GIRL
INVESTIGATED AFTER THIS GIRL CAME FORWARD TO FORMALLY REPORT
CAME FORWARD TO FORMALLY REPORT IT.
IT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT
THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT MATTER WAS LOOKED INTO UNTIL NBC
MATTER WAS LOOKED INTO UNTIL NBC NEWS OBTAIN AND PUBLISHED THE
NEWS OBTAIN AND PUBLISHED THE REPORT EARLIER AND CALLED CVP
REPORT EARLIER AND CALLED CVP FOR COMMENT.
FOR COMMENT. NOW FINALLY THEY SAID THAT
NOW FINALLY THEY SAID THAT MATTER IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
MATTER IS BEING INVESTIGATED. TODAY THE CHIEF BORDER PATROL
TODAY THE CHIEF BORDER PATROL OFFICIAL IN CHARGE GAVE AN
OFFICIAL IN CHARGE GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO A LOCAL REPORTER IN
INTERVIEW TO A LOCAL REPORTER IN ARIZONA NAMED VICTOR KALD ROAN
ARIZONA NAMED VICTOR KALD ROAN IN WHICH HE QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT
IN WHICH HE QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE ABUSE ALLEGATION INVOLVING
THE ABUSE ALLEGATION INVOLVING THAT FACILITY THAT HE RUNS IN
THAT FACILITY THAT HE RUNS IN YUMA.
YUMA. >> HAS THERE BEEN A CHANCE FOR
>> HAS THERE BEEN A CHANCE FOR TRAINING FOR GUARDS AND AGENTS
TRAINING FOR GUARDS AND AGENTS OR IS IT SORT OF A DO THE BEST
OR IS IT SORT OF A DO THE BEST YOU CAN EVERY DAY?
YOU CAN EVERY DAY? >> WE ARE NOT CHILD CARE
>> WE ARE NOT CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS.
PROFESSIONALS. I WOULD SAY THAT.
I WOULD SAY THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF DETENTION AND
BUT IN TERMS OF DETENTION AND TRANSPORT AND THOSE THINGS, WE
TRANSPORT AND THOSE THINGS, WE ARE TRAINED FOR THAT.
ARE TRAINED FOR THAT. >> A CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL.
>> A CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL. WE ARE NOT TRAINED FOR THAT.
WE ARE NOT TRAINED FOR THAT. YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. THIS IS THE MAN RUNNING A
THIS IS THE MAN RUNNING A FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN HOLDING
FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN HOLDING HUNDREDS OF KIDS APART FROM
HUNDREDS OF KIDS APART FROM THEIR PARENTS AND ANY ADULT
THEIR PARENTS AND ANY ADULT RELATIVES.
RELATIVES. HOLDING KIT INGING KIDS ALONE CR
HOLDING KIT INGING KIDS ALONE CR TIGHTLY THEY HAVE TO TAKE TURNS
TIGHTLY THEY HAVE TO TAKE TURNS SLEEPING BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY
SLEEPING BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ENOUGH ROOM TO LIE DOWN.
ENOUGH ROOM TO LIE DOWN. ONE OF THE KIDS SAY THAT THE
ONE OF THE KIDS SAY THAT THE OFFICERS TOOK AWAY THE MATS ON
OFFICERS TOOK AWAY THE MATS ON WHICH THE KISSED WERE ALLOWED TO
WHICH THE KISSED WERE ALLOWED TO SLEEP AS PUNISHMENT FOR
SLEEP AS PUNISHMENT FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CHLORINE
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CHLORINE IN THE WATER MAKING IT TOO
IN THE WATER MAKING IT TOO DIFFICULT TO DRINK.
DIFFICULT TO DRINK. >> WE ARE NOT CHILD CARE
>> WE ARE NOT CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS.
PROFESSIONALS. WE ARE NOT TRAINED FOR THAT.
WE ARE NOT TRAINED FOR THAT. ON THE CHILD SEPARATION POLICY
ON THE CHILD SEPARATION POLICY IN GENERAL, THE COMMITTEE WAS
IN GENERAL, THE COMMITTEE WAS AUTHORIZED TO START SUBPOENAING
AUTHORIZED TO START SUBPOENAING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS ABOUT THAT
RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS ABOUT THAT POLICY AND THE ONGOING PRACTICE
POLICY AND THE ONGOING PRACTICE OF TAKING LITTLE KIDS AWAY FROM
OF TAKING LITTLE KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS.
THEIR PARENTS. ON THE YUMA, ARIZONA
ON THE YUMA, ARIZONA ALLEGATIONS, A KEY OVERSIGHT
ALLEGATIONS, A KEY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE ANNOUNCED
COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THEY ARE OPENING AN
THEY ARE OPENING AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS
INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF
OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF MIGRANT CHILDREN WITH CUSTOMS
MIGRANT CHILDREN WITH CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL OFFICERS.
AND BORDER PATROL OFFICERS. THIS IS A DIRECT REPORT OF
THIS IS A DIRECT REPORT OF REPORTING.
REPORTING. THE COMMITTEE SAID THEY WANT ALL
THE COMMITTEE SAID THEY WANT ALL THE SIGNIFICANT REPORTS THAT
THE SIGNIFICANT REPORTS THAT DESCRIBE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE OF
DESCRIBE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE OF THESE KIDS EYEBY HOMELAND SECURI
THESE KIDS EYEBY HOMELAND SECURI DEPARTMENT STAFF.
DEPARTMENT STAFF. JULIA ANZLY SAID THIS WEEK WHILE
JULIA ANZLY SAID THIS WEEK WHILE THE REPORTING WAS BASED ON
THE REPORTING WAS BASED ON NEARLY 30 OF THESE INCIDENT
NEARLY 30 OF THESE INCIDENT REPORTS THAT NBC NEWS OBTAINED,
REPORTS THAT NBC NEWS OBTAINED, SHE SAID THERE ARE BELIEVED TO
SHE SAID THERE ARE BELIEVED TO BE MANY, MANY MANY OTHER
BE MANY, MANY MANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORTS IN
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORTS IN ADDITION TO THE 30 OR SO THAT
ADDITION TO THE 30 OR SO THAT NBC SAW.
NBC SAW. NOW THAT REPORTING CAUSED
NOW THAT REPORTING CAUSED CONGRESS TO DEMAND TO SEE ALL OF
CONGRESS TO DEMAND TO SEE ALL OF THEM THAT ALLEGE ABUSE.
THEM THAT ALLEGE ABUSE. CONGRESS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET
CONGRESS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THOSE.
THOSE. BRACE YOURSELF FOR THAT.
BRACE YOURSELF FOR THAT. TOMORROW WE ARE EXPECTING 750
TOMORROW WE ARE EXPECTING 750 VIGILS AND PROTESTS UNDER THE
VIGILS AND PROTESTS UNDER THE BANNER LIGHTS FOR LIBERTY.
BANNER LIGHTS FOR LIBERTY. THESE ARE HOW THE TRUMP
THESE ARE HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ABUSEING
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ABUSEING AND MISTREATING IMMIGRANTS IN
AND MISTREATING IMMIGRANTS IN THEIR CUSTODY.
THEIR CUSTODY. MOST OF THE PROTESTS ARE GOING
MOST OF THE PROTESTS ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT OUTSIDE DETENTION
TO BE RIGHT OUTSIDE DETENTION CENTERS WHERE IMMIGRANTS AND
CENTERS WHERE IMMIGRANTS AND KISSED ARE BEING HELD.
KISSED ARE BEING HELD. VIGILS AND RALLIES OUTSIDE THE
VIGILS AND RALLIES OUTSIDE THE BORDER PATROL AND THE ICE
BORDER PATROL AND THE ICE FACILITIES HOLDING PEOPLE.
FACILITIES HOLDING PEOPLE. ONE OF THE VIGILS PLANNED IS
ONE OF THE VIGILS PLANNED IS OUTSIDE THE YUMA FACILITY.
OUTSIDE THE YUMA FACILITY. THAT ONE IS EXPECTED TO BE A
THAT ONE IS EXPECTED TO BE A LARGE EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT.
LARGE EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT. AGAIN, WE ARE EXPECTING HUNDREDS
AGAIN, WE ARE EXPECTING HUNDREDS OF THESE VIGILS AND PROTESTS.
OF THESE VIGILS AND PROTESTS. THE LIGHTS FOR LIBERTY EVENTS.
THE LIGHTS FOR LIBERTY EVENTS. THIS COMES AS THE TRUMP
THIS COMES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS THREATENING
ADMINISTRATION IS THREATENING THAT THEY ARE IMMINENTLY ABOUT
THAT THEY ARE IMMINENTLY ABOUT TO START ROUNDING UP IMMIGRANTS
TO START ROUNDING UP IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALL OVER THE
AND THEIR FAMILIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THAT HAS BEEN A REPEATED RECENT
THAT HAS BEEN A REPEATED RECENT THREAT INCLUDING FROM THE
THREAT INCLUDING FROM THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF JUST OVER THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF JUST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE DO NOT
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE DO NOT KNOW IF THE NEW THREATS TODAY
KNOW IF THE NEW THREATS TODAY THAT THIS IS IMMINENTLY ABOUT TO
THAT THIS IS IMMINENTLY ABOUT TO HAPPEN, WE DON’T KNOW IF THE NEW
HAPPEN, WE DON’T KNOW IF THE NEW THREATS ARE MORE REALISTIC OR
THREATS ARE MORE REALISTIC OR SERIOUS THAN THE PREVIOUS
SERIOUS THAN THE PREVIOUS THREATS THAT HAVE COME AND GONE
THREATS THAT HAVE COME AND GONE FROM THEM.
FROM THEM. IF THEIR AIM IS TO TRY TO RATTLE
IF THEIR AIM IS TO TRY TO RATTLE PEOPLE, CERTAINLY THEY ARE
PEOPLE, CERTAINLY THEY ARE SUCCEEDING.
SUCCEEDING. IF THE AIM IS TO SCARE IMMIGRANT
IF THE AIM IS TO SCARE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND SCARE THEM ABOUT
COMMUNITIES AND SCARE THEM ABOUT THE WAY THE TRUMP IMMIGRATION
THE WAY THE TRUMP IMMIGRATION HAS TREATED THEM, IT’S WORKING.
HAS TREATED THEM, IT’S WORKING. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE RAIDS WOULD TARGET 10 MAJOR
THE RAIDS WOULD TARGET 10 MAJOR U.S. CITIES.
U.S. CITIES. ATLANTA A BALTIMORE, CHICAGO,
ATLANTA A BALTIMORE, CHICAGO, DENVER, HOUSTON, LOS ANGELES,
DENVER, HOUSTON, LOS ANGELES, MIAMI, NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK,
MIAMI, NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK, AND SAN FRANCISCO.
AND SAN FRANCISCO. THE MAYORS OF MANY OF THOSE
THE MAYORS OF MANY OF THOSE CITIES ARE SPEAKING OUT SAYING
CITIES ARE SPEAKING OUT SAYING THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN TO
THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN TO BLOCK THE SUPPOSEDLY IMPENDING
BLOCK THE SUPPOSEDLY IMPENDING RAIDS TO TRY TO PROTECT
RAIDS TO TRY TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE LARGE CITIES.
LARGE CITIES. THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO, LORI
THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO, LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID NOT ONLY WOULD
LIGHTFOOT SAID NOT ONLY WOULD THE POLICE NOT COOPERATE WITH
THE POLICE NOT COOPERATE WITH IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS
IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN THE RAIDS, BUT
ENFORCEMENT IN THE RAIDS, BUT THAT CHICAGO HAD CUT OFF ICE
THAT CHICAGO HAD CUT OFF ICE FROM HAVING ACCESS TO ANY
FROM HAVING ACCESS TO ANY CHICAGO POLICE DATABASES AND
CHICAGO POLICE DATABASES AND SAID THAT CUT OFF WILL REMAIN
SAID THAT CUT OFF WILL REMAIN PERMANENT.
PERMANENT. HOUSTON’S MAYOR SAID HIS CITY’S
HOUSTON’S MAYOR SAID HIS CITY’S POLICE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE AND
POLICE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE AND COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL RAIDS.
COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL RAIDS. WE ARE ADVISING PEOPLE THEY HAVE
WE ARE ADVISING PEOPLE THEY HAVE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.
DUE PROCESS RIGHTS. THEY DON’T HAVE TO ANSWER THE
THEY DON’T HAVE TO ANSWER THE DOOR AND LET ANYBODY INTO THEIR
DOOR AND LET ANYBODY INTO THEIR HOMES.
HOMES. IN NEW YORK BOTH THE MAYOR OF
IN NEW YORK BOTH THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE GOVERNOR
NEW YORK CITY AND THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE TOLD IMMIGRANT
OF NEW YORK STATE TOLD IMMIGRANT FAMILIES THAT THE CITY AND THE
FAMILIES THAT THE CITY AND THE STATE WOULD HELP PEOPLE FIGHT
STATE WOULD HELP PEOPLE FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
FOR THEIR RIGHTS. SO THESE MAYORS AND SOME
SO THESE MAYORS AND SOME GOVERNORS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS
GOVERNORS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO
WHO ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO POLICE DATABASES AND TELLING
POLICE DATABASES AND TELLING LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS NOT TO
LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS NOT TO COOPERATE AND THEY ARE MAKING IT
COOPERATE AND THEY ARE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT ICE IS NOT WELCOME IN
CLEAR THAT ICE IS NOT WELCOME IN THEIR CITIES, DOING WHAT THEY
THEIR CITIES, DOING WHAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN, SOME OF THE
FEEL THEY CAN, SOME OF THE CONSTERNATION OF IMMINENT RAIDS
CONSTERNATION OF IMMINENT RAIDS IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE TRUMP
IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE SUCH
ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE SUCH A CHAOS MACHINE ON THIS.
A CHAOS MACHINE ON THIS. THEY HAVE THREATENED THE RAIDS.
THEY HAVE THREATENED THE RAIDS. NOBODY KNOWS IF TODAY’S
NOBODY KNOWS IF TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE JUST ANOTHER
ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE JUST ANOTHER THREAT OR THE THREATS MIGHT
THREAT OR THE THREATS MIGHT ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
ACTUALLY HAPPEN. WHY ARE THEY ANNOUNCING THEM IN
WHY ARE THEY ANNOUNCING THEM IN ADVANCE ANYWAY?
ADVANCE ANYWAY? ANNOUNCING THE 10 CITIES WHERE
ANNOUNCING THE 10 CITIES WHERE RAIDS WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THEY
RAIDS WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THEY ANNOUNCED THE LIST OF 10 CITIES,
ANNOUNCED THE LIST OF 10 CITIES, LIKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER, ICE
LIKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER, ICE CONFIRMED TO THE CITY OF NEW
CONFIRMED TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THAT ACTUALLY EVEN
ORLEANS THAT ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH NEW ORLEANS WAS ONE OF
THOUGH NEW ORLEANS WAS ONE OF THE 10 CITIES ON THE LIST, ALL
THE 10 CITIES ON THE LIST, ALL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WILL BE
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THE HUGE FREAKING TROPICAL STORM
THE HUGE FREAKING TROPICAL STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE CITY AND
BEARING DOWN ON THE CITY AND ABOUT TO BE A HURRICANE AND
ABOUT TO BE A HURRICANE AND ALREADY CAUSING FLOODING.
ALREADY CAUSING FLOODING. IT WILL BE A HURRICANE BY THE
IT WILL BE A HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT MAKES LANDFALL THIS
TIME IT MAKES LANDFALL THIS WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. MAYBE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MAYBE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING A ROUND UP IN THE
PLANNING A ROUND UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WAS NOT A
MIDDLE OF THAT WAS NOT A BRILLIANT IDEA, BUT THEY DIDN’T
BRILLIANT IDEA, BUT THEY DIDN’T NOTICE THE WEATHER FORECAST
NOTICE THE WEATHER FORECAST UNTIL TODAY.
UNTIL TODAY. SO NEW ORLEANS IS ONE OF THE 10
SO NEW ORLEANS IS ONE OF THE 10 CITIES AND THEN SAID NO, NOT
CITIES AND THEN SAID NO, NOT YOU.
YOU. THEY CHANGED THEIR PLANS.
THEY CHANGED THEIR PLANS. DID THEY HAVE THE PLANS IN THE
DID THEY HAVE THE PLANS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
FIRST PLACE? ARE THEY THIS CONFUSED OR
ARE THEY THIS CONFUSED OR COLONEL
COLONEL CONTROVERSIAL?
CONTROVERSIAL? THE MAYOR REASSURED IMMIGRANTS
THE MAYOR REASSURED IMMIGRANTS THAT THEY COULD SAFELY EVACUATE
THAT THEY COULD SAFELY EVACUATE THE CITY IF THEY WANT TO WITHOUT
THE CITY IF THEY WANT TO WITHOUT FEAR THEY MIGHT BE STOPPED BY
FEAR THEY MIGHT BE STOPPED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS ON
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS ON THE WAY OUT.
THE WAY OUT. SHE SAID SAFETY FIRST AND A PART
SHE SAID SAFETY FIRST AND A PART OF THAT WHICH IS A PART OF THE
OF THAT WHICH IS A PART OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT THEY
SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE
WILL NOT HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN TRYING
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN TRYING TO STOKE AS MUCH FEAR AS
TO STOKE AS MUCH FEAR AS POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. PART OF THE MO IS THE WORSE YOU
PART OF THE MO IS THE WORSE YOU TREAT IMMIGRANTS THE MORE YOU
TREAT IMMIGRANTS THE MORE YOU TRY TO TERRIFY PEOPLE, THE
TRY TO TERRIFY PEOPLE, THE BETTER THAT IS FOR THE COUNTRY
BETTER THAT IS FOR THE COUNTRY SOMEHOW.
SOMEHOW. THE MORE PAB AND FEAR YOU CAN
THE MORE PAB AND FEAR YOU CAN INSTILL, THAT REDOWN THES TO THE
INSTILL, THAT REDOWN THES TO THE WHITE HOUSE’S BENEFIT.
WHITE HOUSE’S BENEFIT. IN THE MIDST OF CONFUSION AND
IN THE MIDST OF CONFUSION AND THE ONGOING THREATS ABOUT THE
THE ONGOING THREATS ABOUT THE SUPPOSEDLY IMPENDING ROUND UPS
SUPPOSEDLY IMPENDING ROUND UPS AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE ACLA HAVE BEEN
INCLUDING THE ACLA HAVE BEEN TRYING IN ADVANCE OF THE RAIDS
TRYING IN ADVANCE OF THE RAIDS TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR
TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. BASIC STUFF LIKE IF IMMIGRATION
BASIC STUFF LIKE IF IMMIGRATION COMES TO YOUR DOOR, DO NOT OPEN
COMES TO YOUR DOOR, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR.
THE DOOR. YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO
YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO LET THEM IN UNLESS THEY HAVE A
LET THEM IN UNLESS THEY HAVE A WARRANT.
WARRANT. ASK WHY THEY ARE THERE.
ASK WHY THEY ARE THERE. IF YOU DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH, YOU
IF YOU DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENCE
HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENCE AND HAVE AN INTERPRETER AND
AND HAVE AN INTERPRETER AND SPEAK TO A LAWYER.
SPEAK TO A LAWYER. LOCAL ACLU CHAPTERS AND
LOCAL ACLU CHAPTERS AND IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS GROUPS ARE
IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS GROUPS ARE BLASTING OUT HOTLINES TO CALL IF
BLASTING OUT HOTLINES TO CALL IF YOU ARE CONFRONTED.
YOU ARE CONFRONTED. THE NATIONAL ACLU FILED A
THE NATIONAL ACLU FILED A LAWSUIT ATTEMPTING TO ENSURE