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Good morning, everyone.

Did he just say at the end of the BBC there, lunchtime, London time?

Isn't it like 3 o'clock there?

Do they eat lunch at 3 o'clock in England?

They're weird if they do.

Good morning.

Again today, we will lead with the tension between deportation and the Constitution.

There was so much at stake.

There is so much at stake, and not just for the deportees.

President Trump was elected in part on a promise that a large majority of Americans in polls said they support, agree with,

that he would deport violent criminals who were in the country illegally back to their home

country as his first immigration and deportation priority, right? But he's gone so much further than that, as you know.

Deporting people who they identify as criminals or gang members who haven't been convicted of

anything or in many cases haven't even been charged with anything in this country or their countries

of origin. And they've been trying to deport young adults with student visas or even green cards based on their participation in pro-Palestinian protests, claiming those students impede the U.S. from carrying out its foreign policy by organizing and expressing their views. There were significant developments yesterday in at least two of these

cases in court. We'll get into details, but remember the underlying issues, which is why we keep

coming back to this topic. Do basic constitutional rights apply only to U.S. citizens or also to

others who are here? If the government flouts court orders in cases like these,

what about other cases not having to do with immigration?

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