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Podcast: Democracy Now!
Episode: Column — Know Your Rights: Voices from the Frontlines of Immigrant Communities
Description: By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
On Inauguration Day, President Trump launched his campaign of mass deportations. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 5,000 people. ICE raids have been launched with much hype and publicity across the country, including in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Atlanta, Austin, Seattle, Houston, San Antonio, Tallahassee, Miami and Newark. CNN reported that ICE agents were told to be “camera-ready,” while Phil McGraw, the unlicensed psychologist and TV talk show host better known as “Dr. Phil,” “embedded” with ICE on a Chicago operation. Trump’s new Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem ac...