On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss Trump’s immigration crackdowns as violent ICE raids terrorize communities in Chicago and detainees in California’s newest ICE detention facility say it is “a torture chamber,” “a zoo,” and “hell on earth.”
As Trump’s mass deportation campaign has intensified, federal immigration officials are using extreme tactics to carry out arrests and detain immigrants in record numbers across the country.
What does the future hold for immigrants and citizens alike?
Guests:
Mark Jacob, freelance writer, former Metro Editor at the Chicago Tribune and Sunday Editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, and author of the Stop the Presses newsletter
Sam Levin, senior reporter for The Guardian
Resources:
Chicago Sun Times: Retired Military leaders condemn Trump effort to deploy National Guard in Chicago
Chicago Tribune: ‘Political opposition is not rebellion’: Chicago appeals court leaves judge’s order barring National Guard deployment intact
The New Yorker: The Conflict on the Streets of Chicago
The Guardian: ‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help.
The Guardian: San Francisco opposes ‘authoritarian crackdown’ as Trump threatens to send troops
The New York Times: A Military Celebration Sparks Another Newsom-Trump Feud
