Bill Radke talks with Graciela Nu ñ ez Pargas about her experience as an enrollee in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The future of DACA is uncertain. During his campaign, President Trump promised to the end the program, which gives deportation protections to undocumented people who came to the U.S. as children, but don't have legal status.
Bill Radke speaks with KUOW reporter Liz Jones about the potential fallout from President Trump's upcoming immigration executive order. The order will likely severely cripple the U.S. refugee program and curb immigration from the Middle East. Jones spoke with immigrant families about their fears and plans for an uncertain future.
A Bellevue mosque was ruined by a fire. We'll tell you the story of how the Mormon church next door reacted. And we'll keep you up with the latest news concerning immigration with KUOW immigration reporter Liz Jones and an undocumented immigrant named Graciela , who's here under the DACA program. Finally, y ou'll find out how TV, social media and your phone compete constantly for your precious attention.
Bill Radke talks with writer and Humanities Washington speaker Mayumi Tsutakawa about the 75th anniversary of the World War II order that led to Japanese internment in America. Tsutukawa explains her own personal connection to internment, and how it can help educate about modern prejudices.
Bill Radke talks with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal about President Donald Trump's executive actions to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and cut federal funding to sanctuary cities like Seattle.
President Trump signed an executive order today to strip funding for so-called sanctuary cities, one that doesn't fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. What does this mean for Seattle and other locally declared sanctuary cities? We'll ask U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal . You'll also hear from Jayapal's predecessor, f ormer Congressman Jim McDermott, who is now teaching a University of Washington class about the new president's first 100 days. A nd you'll learn about the
Bill Radke talks with Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda Mapes about the Dakota Access Pipeline. President Trump signed an executive order to resurrect the pipeline, which was given an indefinite hold in December. Mapes says Trump will face legal obstacles to construct the pipeline and protestors will continue to fight, in court and in person.
Bill Radke talks to state Senator Mark Miloscia and Kris Nyrop of the Public Defender Association. Senator Miloscia has introduced legislation that would effectively ban safe consumption sites in King County. He argues that a focus on abstinence is the way to curb drug use. Nyrop is a harm reduction specialist who says that focusing on safer, more realistic solutions is how to deal with the epidemic.
Preident Trump signed an Executive Order today clearing the way for the Dakota Access pipeline. Were all those Standing Rock protests for nothing? Also Scott McLellan has faced the press for the White House before under George W. Bush. He lives in Seattle now, he'll give you his take on how the Trump administration is dealing with the media. And s hould King County give heroin users a safe place to shoot up? We'll have that discussion with two people who visited a safe consumption site in
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