Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Immigration Action in L.A., New Hunger Games, and Ferguson Emails
How will President Obama’s immigration action affect the more than one million undocumented immigrants here in Los Angeles? Also, in our weekly film segment, we talk about the latest Hunger Games installment and other new releases.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenObama’s executive action on immigration will impact up to 500,000 undocumented immigrants here in Los Angeles. We look at the local impacts. Then, we hear from a Republican Congressman from Orange County on why he objects to the plan. Next up, KCRW DJ Anne Litt talks about a T-Bone Burnett project to complete and record Bob Dylan song fragments from the “Basement Tapes” era. In our weekly film roundup, the latest Hunger Games movie, along with other new releases. Finally, has the Ferguson police department released all the emails it has from the days following the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown?
President Barack Obama works on his immigration speech with Director of Speechwriting Cody Keenan and Senior Presidential Speechwriter David Litt in the Oval Office, Nov. 19, 2014; Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
