agricultural law attorney
Mike Stoker is an agricultural law attorney. He formerly served as a Santa Barbara County Supervisor and as former Chairman of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board.
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Mike Stoker
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Campaign promises aren't all made to be broken Candidate Trump said he'd build that wall on the Mexican border and crackdown on "sanctuary" cities that harbor undocumented immigrants. As President, he's ordering implementation — despite massive cost, dispute about whether America will be safer — and civil liberties issues. He doesn't need any new legislation to build the wall, but lawyers are lining up to argue about withholding federal money from sanctuary cities. It's still not clear what's in store for "dreamers" — who were brought here illegally as children and don't know any other country.
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KCRW Live: Undocumented under Trump Five days after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, KCRW airs a special live broadcast from Oxnard about what the Trump Administration's immigration policies might mean for undocumented farmworkers in California, with a focus on the strawberry fields and citrus groves of Ventura County. Hosted by Jonathan Bastian.
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White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.