On today’s Your Call, we continue our weeklong immigration series by discussing the real life impacts of Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders on immigrants and refugees.
His plan to deport up to eight million undocumented immigrants coupled with recent large-scale raids, and the executive order banning people from seven Muslim majority countries, has stoked fear in immigrant communities across the country. How are communities dealing with the new deportation regime?
Guests:
Juan Prieto, undocumented senior at UC Berkeley studying English
Ali, immigrant from Yemen who has been in the US for 17 years
Jenny Zhao, staff attorney with the Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
Web Resources:
The New York Times: Even at Berkeley, I Face Threats as an Undocumented Student
Middle East Eye: Amid Trump's win, San Francisco rights groups fight to keep Arab heritage alive
KQED Radio: Undocumented and Unafraid
The Mercury News: Yemeni refugee family arrives in East Bay after Trump travel ban nightmare
