Lee Gelernt, the deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Immigrants' Rights Project, talks about his efforts leading the groundbreaking legal response to President Trump’s immigration positions, including the travel ban and the family separation policy, and discusses how his New York City upbringing set him up for a life of public service.

Errol also shares some personal stories about two groundbreaking journalists, Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, and talks about the importance of newspaper columns.

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