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It's the Brian Laira Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. Today we will look at the controversy

in Massapequa, one of the school districts that's resisting calls to change indigenous or Native

American mascot names that many consider demeaning and discriminatory. And now, maybe you've

heard President Trump has weighed in in support

of that Long Island school district, and his Justice Department has just opened an investigation

of whether the state of New York is the one guilty of discrimination for threatening to

withhold state funding if the school doesn't drop the name the chiefs. And we'll have a hundred

years of a hundred things. History segment, a hundred years of immigrant detention in the United

States today. You know, Trump may be unique in many ways, but he's also continuing history in this

respect, not just breaking from it. And we'll have a special guest who's written a book

on that topic, a book length treatment of the history of immigrant detention in the United

States and what led up to what Trump is doing. But we start here. It's our monthly call your

senator segment. My questions in yours for New Jersey, Senator Andy Kim, the freshman Democrat

who got elected last fall to move up from the House of Representatives. If you have a question for

Senator Kim, especially if you're from New Jersey, 212-433, WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-9-2, call or text. And, Senator, we always appreciate that you do these. Welcome back to WNYC.

Be back. Thank you. In addition to whatever our callers and texters bring up, I want to touch on a few issues, time permitting. I'll let you know and you know and the listeners know what I have in

mind, including whether democracy is at risk for the 26 midterm elections. Senator Murphy from

Connecticut has been talking about this. I think you have two. Also tariffs and also the Ukraine

cease fire talks on the precipice of success and the precipice of failure.

And for our listeners' knowledge, relevant to those respectively,

I know you're on the Foreign Affairs and Small Business Committees in the House

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