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Obama deported far more people than all the presidents before him. he at some point, became the deporter-in-chief. if youre a criminal, youll be deported. but obama focused removal efforts on people who had serious criminal convictions. our country is full. trump instead focused on 20, 30-year-old low level crimes that people had committed in their youth. so a lot of the people who ended up facing deportation under the trump administration were people who had jobs, friends, communities-- who had...

The legal writing that they do, which is brilliant and nimble, just puts a wedge in the deportation machine and then creates a machine to kind of reverse the gears. baba sillah came to the united states from gambia in 1993. he had sought protection from persecution. he gets married. his wife is a us citizen. he has five us citizen children. he gets a job. he becomes a union member. without any warning, he gets detained at a routine ice check-in. it again shows that all of your immigration polici...

Your honor, i believe that the application is about pursuing the process that has been held out to him. the main point here is that-- at this point, hes boarding the plane with four ice agents. as soon as they lift off, theres just no coming back from that obviously. but at 7:45, the judge is like, listen. im giving an order now that i want him taken off the plane. the order is effective as of now as im saying it, so please convey that to ice so that theres no danger of mr. sillah being removed....

ethiopia is influential. orthodox church is facing a crisis that sparked weeks of unrest. it began after rebel bishops formed their own assembly in romeo region. the government has restricted social media and band protests. but is that enough? this is inside storage. ah. hello and welcome to the program. im hammer, jim john, if he appears orthodox to ahead or church is one of the largest and oldest in africa. but a split within its ranks last month lead to weeks of unrest, divisions, a...

And demand something different. [crowd cheering] quit your jobs, ice officers! then i get a text from baba-- thanks for a year with my family. the thing im going to miss most is the humanity of the job, keeping families together, helping people avoid the worst situations that they find themselves in. im really inspired by the people that ive represented. the heroes are the clients, just fighting it out. everythings different since i come back from immigration. everything was totally-- everything...

The legal writing that they do, which is brilliant and nimble, just puts a wedge in the deportation machine and then creates a machine to kind of reverse the gears. baba sillah came to the united states from gambia in 1993. he had sought protection from persecution. he gets married. his wife is a us citizen. he has five us citizen children. he gets a job. he becomes a union member. without any warning, he gets detained at a routine ice check-in. it again shows that all of your immigration polici...

So we tried to push hard to get baba a pardon from the governor. you got a pardon of all your convictions. yes. yeah, you got pardoned by the governor. today, yeah. and when baba was released from hudson county jail in new jersey, it was quiet. it was me and gregory. im so glad youre free, man. its all right. take your time. [hopeful music] great, well see you there. thanks so much, jason. bye. and we went back to new york. there were like tons of people. it was really supportive. [cheering]

Your honor, i believe that the application is about pursuing the process that has been held out to him. the main point here is that-- at this point, hes boarding the plane with four ice agents. as soon as they lift off, theres just no coming back from that obviously. but at 7:45, the judge is like, listen. im giving an order now that i want him taken off the plane. the order is effective as of now as im saying it, so please convey that to ice so that theres no danger of mr. sillah being removed....

Year to go back to report. maybe one day we dont have to go to report anymore. maybe one day im going to have my citizenship. were getting closer. [kids giggling] im happy about that. baba said, what do you thinks going to happen? im like, i dont know. just keep trying. i said, youre home, youre safe, youre working, youre with your kids. its different the way you see us now. we look different because now we are happy. im feeling so good. im feeling so good. im never going to be separated with my...

Both of my grandfathers somehow made it here against all odds. one survived a genocide in armenia. the other one survived pogroms against the jews in lithuania. i mean, their whole family was killed except that, and somehow they made it here. my paternal grandfather was like baba, he sold stuff on the street because thats how he got by. but he didnt get deported. my maternal grandfather used to cross the canadian border and was undocumented his entire life. ive always been incredibly inspired an...