Looking Forward: Immigration and DACA
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The ACLU has filed over 400 legal actions against Donald Trump since his inauguration, including numerous actions directly related to the Trump administration’s stances on immigration and asylum-seekers.
Dream Big Nevada formerly Dream Big Vegas) is a club dedicated to educating the community about issues facing DREAMers and their families.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all. I'm Ashanti Golar, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:05.1 | The BGG is the one-stop shop for women of color who want to talk and shape the world of politics. |
| 0:12.9 | This season, we're getting deep into the details of Project 2025. |
| 0:18.7 | In 900-plus pages, it's proposing dramatic conservative changes to education, |
| 0:24.3 | health care, and foreign affairs. But underpinning it all is an entirely new vision for how |
| 0:31.1 | the government operates, and that could change everything. Thank you so much to our friends |
| 0:37.2 | at Way to Win for supporting us |
| 0:39.0 | and making this season possible. Listen to the Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever you get |
| 0:44.8 | your podcast. Welcome back, Brown Girls. I'm Ashanti Golar, the founder of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics, |
| 0:57.0 | and this is the last episode of Season 5. While we are moving into a new presidential administration, |
| 1:04.0 | there are still several policies that remain on the table for everyday Americans. We all worry about COVID-19, health care, the economy, and so much more. |
| 1:14.3 | Today, we're going to talk about something that is on everybody's mind |
| 1:18.1 | and has been a major point of contention during the Trump administration, and that's immigration. |
| 1:25.4 | We have seen throughout the years that the current occupant in the White House has pulled |
| 1:29.7 | back policies that protected many people who are fleeing from dangerous situations. |
| 1:35.2 | This includes women and children escaping violence and seeking asylum. |
| 1:41.2 | Today we have two women who have spent decades in the immigration fight, Cecilia Wang and |
| 1:46.9 | Astrid Silva. |
| 1:48.5 | Cecilia is a deputy legal director at the National American Civil Liberty Union. |
| 1:54.2 | She directs the Center for Democracy, which encompasses the ACLU's work on immigrant rights. |
| 2:01.2 | Just last week, the ACLU celebrated a win for the rights of immigrants and refugees |
| 2:06.1 | as a district court blocked the Trump administration from unlawfully using a public health measure, |
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