Immigration Lawyer Hassan Ahmad on Trump's Hateful Immigration Policy

Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry

Peace By Peace Productions

Politics, News

3.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Like a bad penny, Trump is back in office–in part because of the xenophobic hate he spewed during the campaign and, sadly, the millions of Americans who embraced that hate. Much of it was aimed directly at immigrants, and now the felon-President is turning that hate into policy. Our guest today is one of those standing in Trump’s way. Hassan Ahmad is an immigration attorney in Virginia and a former candidate for Congress.

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0:53.3	Hi, I'm Melissa Milano, and sadly... record, Trump is back in office, in part because of the xenophobic hate he spewed during
1:29.2	the campaign, and sadly, millions of people embrace that hate. Much of it was aimed directly at
1:36.8	immigrants, and now the felon president is turning that hate into policy. Our guest today is one of those standing in Trump's way.
1:46.8	Hassan Ahmad is an immigration attorney in Virginia and a former candidate for Congress.
1:55.4	Trump's executive order to cut off birthright citizenship is also facing legal challenges in over a dozen states in a lawsuit file today.
2:06.2	Trump is accused of trying to eliminate a quote, well-established and longstanding constitutional principle.
2:13.4	President Trump is vowing to appeal after a federal judge temporarily blocked his executive order ending birthright citizenship.
2:20.2	The Reagan appointed judge called the order, quote, blatantly unconstitutional.
2:24.2	Tonight, a dramatic escalation of President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown.
2:28.7	The first of 1,500 extra troops touching down in El Paso, Texas to support border security.
2:35.0	And for the first time, migrants being deported not on charted flights like before, but on military aircraft.
2:41.0	President Donald Trump is sending 1,500 troops to the Mexican border to boost security as he moves to crack down on illegal immigration.
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