ICE Airport Arrests Attract Legal Outcry

Federal immigration agents arrested more than 50 thousand people in July, a record number for the Trump administration which has demanded 2,000 ICE arrests daily. The surge has brought new tactics including arresting travelers at U.S. airports with pending green card applications or valid work permits. And the public nature of the airport arrests have flooded social media. We talk about the ways in which ICE is targeting individuals who have legal protections and what may come next.

Guests:

• Michelle Hackman, reporter, Wall Street Journal
• Ghassan Shamieh, immigration attorney and managing partner, Law Offices of Shamieh, Shamieh & Ternieden
• Deep Gulasekaram, professor of law and director of Byron White Center for the Study of Constitutional Law, University of Colorado Boulder Law School
• Huy Tran, executive director, SIREN, an immigrant rights organization with offices in San Jose and Fresno
• Lauren Schneider, Oakland resident