Trump's fight to revoke birthright citizenship is headed to court

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🗓️ 21 January 2025

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Many of President Trump's actions on immigration are expected to face significant legal challenges, specifically his executive actions to end birthright citizenship and restrict federal funds to sanctuary cities. The ACLU's Cody Wofsy talks about the lawsuit his group has already filed. Then, Trump granted sweeping clemency to the more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including those convicted of assaulting police officers. Jackson Reffitt, son of convicted Jan. 6 rioter Guy Reffitt, discusses the pardon his father received from Trump on Monday. And, Trump has pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. David Cash, who resigned Monday as the New England regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, joins us to discuss what this means for the global fight to slow climate change.

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0:00.0	Support for Here and Now Anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
0:09.2	MathWorks, accelerating the pace of discovery in engineering and science.
0:13.8	Learn more at MathWorks.com.
0:16.3	Children are going to have their citizenship stripped away from them under this order.
0:21.7	People are understandably very scared and very angry.
0:26.0	Trump's promise to kick millions of people out of the U.S.
0:29.3	includes immigrants convicted of crimes,
0:31.5	but also kids born in the U.S. to people without legal status.
0:36.6	It's Tuesday, January 21st, and this is here
0:39.4	and now anytime from NPR and WBUR. I'm Chris Manley.
0:47.4	Today on the show, President Trump granted sweeping clemency to everyone charged in the
0:52.8	Capitol riot on January 6, 2023.
0:55.7	The son of one man pardoned is now in hiding because he says he fears what his father might do.
1:01.8	This is your president, the guy that didn't know you existed, who used you,
1:08.6	and you were still willing to die from him.
1:10.5	But when he reaches his handout and gives you a get-out-out-a-jail-free card,
1:15.8	that's the kind of validation that kills, you know.
1:18.7	Also, a departing EPA administrator speaks out about Trump's agenda for the environment.
1:24.1	But first, as we're covering the fallout of President Trump's flurry of executive actions yesterday,
1:29.8	we'll start with immigration.
1:32.1	Trump declared a national emergency on the southern border, clearing the way for funds to build
1:36.8	more border wall and detain migrants.
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