Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Trump’s travel ban hits home
A federal judge in Washington State has issued a legal challenge to Donald Trump’s travel ban. Will it hold up in court, and how is the country’s system of checks and balances designed? An LA-based 19-year-old Iraqi student was directly affected by the ban and shares his story. There’s also uncertainty for young Mexican immigrants brought to the U.S. as young children, who have been protected under Obama’s DACA program.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenPhoto credit: Airport International Arrivals. (James Cridland)
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5 storiesTrump’s travel ban and the system of checks and balances
A federal judge in Washington State issued a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Friday, exercising the country’s system of checks and balances. Now the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals here in California will decide whether the ban should be suspended while legal issues are worked out.
Read the story8 minTravel ban hits home for LA student
Nineteen-year-old Abdullah Alrifaie is an Iraqi who’s been studying at Glendale Community College on a student visa. Last month, he went back to Jordan to renew the visa -- he and his family have lived there most of his life because Iraq is too violent.
Read the story9 minIs the iPhone to blame for so much texting and driving?
Most of us have texted while driving, even though it’s dangerous behavior that causes hundreds of thousands of accidents every year. So what can be done to stop people from doing it? If laws banning texting while driving aren’t working, what could?
Read the story11 minBorder Cantos: Photographing the US-Mexico divide
President Trump’s head of Homeland Security has vowed to finish the wall between the U.S. and Mexico by 2019. The wall would span nearly 2,000 miles over desert, mountains and rivers. It’s a forbidding topography that photographer Richard Misrach has been exploring for years.
Read the story12 minDreamers under Trump
President Trump’s travel ban has already affected Muslims across the country. But he’s also said he wants to crack down on undocumented immigrants who are already here, which could have an even greater impact.
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