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We have seen dramatic change in the makeup of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Biden. Two former counsels to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – David Prouty, and Gwynne Wilcox – were named to the NLRB while Peter Ohy was named NLRB general counsel and Jennifer Abruzzo became permanent general counsel. Abruzzo immediately began encouraging the board to reinstitute the Joy Silk Mills doctrine, which allows organizing elections to be decided by card-chec...

Cant do that. everybody mist benefit from it. so what we have to do, we have to have programs specifically targeted for blacks. like on any job application, they are talking about are you a veter veteran, disabled veteran. so in order to turn it around, we have to have special programs for blacks. it is that simple. >> all right. you are an independent and running for congress. gregory cheadle, we wish you the best of luck. xho see m come see me again. thank you. what president trumps top immi...

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But we were along an early morning operation where ice agents surrounded a house and then all of a sudden somebody stuck out a red card like this and then the ice arguments dispersed. they stood down. we talked to them afterwards. they said it was a card that was basically those immigrants asserting their constitutional rights. so then fast forward two years later, this is a card that we picked up at a church nearby. these churches are giving out these cards. they say i do not wish to speak to y...

85 cities in which a majority of residents spoke a foreign language at home in 2017. >> that means those numbers are affected by the number of immigrants united states. 1980s, we have the amnesty, they allowed 300 million people to go. united states -- >> laura: 20 million. >> roughly 20 million pilots affected by those numbers. again, back to tom brokaw, he said something the wrong way. no immigrant understands this better than myself. >> laura: do immigrant activists ever say anything the wron...

Residents spoke a foreign language at home in 2017, 85 those numbers are affected by the number of immigrants in the united states. 1980s we have amnesty that allowed three million people to become citizens >> laura: that is now 20 million that is affected by those numbers. back to tom brokaw. he said something the wrong way. okay? no immigrant understands. >> laura: do immigrant activists say anything the wrong way? they say the most outrageous things, america mystery is racist. youre livin...

Two fences. this is one, and then you have another fence that is over closer to mexico. there is a river in between. so when those migrants who crossed over had to get over that mexican side, cross the river, and ended up here. now all is quiet. we did hear some flash bankgs, e saw perhaps may have been some tear gas at one point fired off here where we are. but as you can see theres no one on the other side, at least from this vantage point. what were hearing from migrant activists who are also...

California because state and local officials have spoken out against trump administration policies. youve seen the trump administration repeatedly just in january of this year threaten to criminally prosecute mayors, county officials or state officials who said we dont want to participate in the trump administrations policies. youve seen retaliation against immigrant activists like reva and jean montreal in new york just like the trump administration did last year with daniela vargas, the young ...

Against communities in northern california because state and local officials have spoken out against trump administration policies. youve seen the trump administration repeatedly just in january of this year threaten to criminally prosecute mayors, county officials or state officials who said we dont want to participate in the trump administrations policies. youve seen retaliation against immigrant activists like reva and jean montreal in new york just like the trump administration did last year...

Its been too long. >> jose, a deal, as you know, on daca has been tied to a government spending bill. what will the reaction likely be from the immigrant community? what would your reaction be personally? >> i think an acknowledgement such a deal would be a betrayal of immigrants, of the grassroots community who democrats will need to come out in the next election cycle. democrats need to be with d.r.e.a.m.ers and activists on this deal because voting for government funding without arranging a d...