Trump, immigration orders and the fear of mass deportation
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
As a candidate, Donald Trump promised a "deportation force," and recent roundups are creating high anxiety among millions of immigrants. We'll look at the consequences for human rights, constitutional law, and the need for labor in fields, factories and elsewhere.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.9 | President Trump says he's making good on a campaign promise. |
| 0:14.8 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:17.5 | Hundreds of recent raids and roundups are being called routine by immigration officials, but President Trump is claiming the point. Hundreds of recent raids and round-ups are being called routine by immigration officials, |
| 0:21.8 | but President Trump is claiming the credit. And so many people are expected to be detained |
| 0:26.9 | that new privately run facilities may be constructed to house them. Supporters of undocumented |
| 0:32.6 | workers who've been in the country for decades call it terrorism. Trump's backers call it shock and awe. |
| 0:38.9 | Meantime, leaders of agriculture and other vital industries |
| 0:41.7 | warn of a labor shortage if deportations don't prioritize real criminals |
| 0:46.5 | and leave workers alone. |
| 0:48.8 | On our talking point later, would banning fake news |
| 0:51.6 | be the first step toward a ministry of truth run by the government? |
| 0:56.5 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:11.3 | Go to KCRW.com slash News24, or you can listen on KCRW's app. |
| 1:22.8 | Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:29.6 | Hello again. I'm Armin Olney. Back with To the Point. As a candidate, Donald Trump promised a deportation force. |
| 1:35.5 | And recent roundups are creating high anxiety among millions of undocumented immigrants. |
| 1:40.6 | We'll look at the consequences for human rights, constitutional law, and the need for labor in fields and factories and elsewhere. |
| 1:47.5 | Today's talking point in Europe proposed laws against fake news could be a step toward giving governments the power to determine what's true and what's false. |
| 1:57.2 | Sounds like George Orwell. First, this news update. After years of drought, Northern California is threatened by too much water. |
| 2:03.9 | Specifically damaged spillways for the Oroville Dam, that's the highest in the nation, could unleash a 30-foot wall of water, and more than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate from the floodpane's plains of the Feather River. |
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