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MSNBCW Melissa Harris-Perry November 23, 2014

Since his body was left in the street for hours. More than 100 hours since he was put on paid administrative leave by the Police Department, and more than 100 days since the Community First asked for answers. Now theyre waiting a decision from a grand jury as to whether that officer, Darren Wilson, will be dieted. The grand jury is planning to meet on monday. Multiple sources say that Public Safety units have eased back on their alert status. What is the late thats we know about what is happening with the grand jury and with activist in ferguson. We know that they will be meeting again on monday. We dont know if a decision will be made on monday or at a later point, but certainly the longer this thing is strung out, its taking more of a toll on Business Owners and residents. What do the words look like. Jay nixon called for a a state of emergency. When you drive down, you see particle board in the windows of businesses, and it says open. Obviously were coming into next week, the Holiday Weekend the end of the week with thanksgiving on thursday, and black friday, some activist talking about now shopping on black friday, what if the grand jury does not return a decision before the thanksgiving holiday . Well certainly you know protestors plan on spilling into the streets whether there is an indictment or not, but as you mentioned, organizers are passing out fliers. I got one yesterday calling for is boycotts of black friday. Theyre saying dont shop at these shops on thursday, friday, saturday, or sunday. That is whether the indictment comes down or not. Folks are gearing up and that includes boycotting these businesses. Trymaine, thank you for your reporting. Well come back to you in the next hour. Whatever else ferguson is about, however broad the implications, at the most personal it is about Michael Browns parents waiting to find out what happens to the man that killed their son. This week, the president S Immigration plans are vast, but at its most personal, its about families. Its about children worrying about their parents. The nearly four million mothers and fathers whose children are citizens or legal residents who themselves have no legal status and could be deported at any moment. Like one one, her daughter appeared on our show earlier this year. She is 19yearold, a student at the university of arizona, and an american i saw my mom being handcuffed and pushed into a van and the door shut. She was deported. She was being held in a private Detention Center in arizona. Cynthia protested her mothers deportation with a hunger strike. She did not eat for five days. Three weeks after she came on our show, her mother was released and allowed to go home to her family. We sent a camera to record their emotional reunion. But although maria was released, the federal government continued proceedings to deport her and break up her family. The next hearing is scheduled for the summer of 2015. Until then she is in limbo. It is the kind of family that the president invoked this weekend. Most undocumented immigrants are good, decent people, been here for a long time, and theyre trying to support their families. They worship at our churches, their kids go to school with our kids. The United States carried out more than 70,000 deportations of immigrants whose children are american citizens. Cynthia diaz was able to come back on our show a few weeks after her first appearance and her mother was able to come with her. She said thank you, and she hopes there are more mothers next to their children like she is. I am pleased to welcome them back to the show, im so happy to see you this morning. Is your mother affected by the president s decision, do you know yet . Good morning, melissa. It was rough you know hearing president obamas speech saying that parents of american citizen can be eligible, except for those recent, my mom would unfortunately would not qualify. Despite the fact that she was here prieeviously, because she s deported and returned she is not eligible under this executive action. What is your next step if she is not covered . Were trying the best we can right now, were with many organizations, my dad is in the process of becomes a citizen, so were doing our best in our power to help my mom out, but were also looking for the other families who were affected by obamas deportations because of his previous act. He affected a lot of families and separated a lot of people. Now this relief was huge, but its not helping us like we want it to. Maria, do you have a respond to the president s executive action this week . I was expecting i thought it would help me. If it wasnt for being deported i would have been able to qualify for this. I have a daughter who is a citizen and a son who is a u. S. Resident but right now i dont know and im worried they will leave my children again, thatly be separated once again. So that worry stays for your family. Hold on one moment, i want to come out to the table, what does it mean that we have the celebration of this great act, finally some movement and action, but that the president seems to be gesturing towards this. There was no better feeling than seeing my 70yearold mother smiling and hugging my nephews saying she was going to stay with them. Its so heartbreaking knowing that so many other parents will not have that assurance. The president took great leadership, but they did not go politically and legally far enough. Now were seeing the consequences of so many people left behind. In arizona, they interrupted the president and asked why did you leave my parents or my mom behind. The reason im here and that were fighting is for our families. Were going to continue to Push Congress and were going to continue to push the president to protect our families. Help me understand for one moment. Certainly for the parents of children who are american citizens, natural iized or bornn this country. The dreamers, they are not protected . No, the. Pam was clear. They want to make the case to republicans that you only have to be an american family, you have to have a family citizen who is a citizen, but the dreamers, with a bhoel family that is undocumented, was not included. That family is as american as any other family to me, as cynthias family, i think we need to continue to Push Congress for legislation and remind the president that his job is not over yet. This is a great victory and we need to do more for the seven Million People left behind. I agree, it was an incredible step forward. It was meaningful, and it will help families all the way across the country. Theyre just missing a piece of paper. The president is taking an incredible step forward but to close the deal completely we need congress to pass a bill. Let me come back to you, this is tough because a lot of folks are feeling like this is going to repair the president s frayed relationship with latino communities, but knowing families like yours are left out, how do you feel politically then about this president . It feels tough. Mixed emotions definitely. Im proud that obama is stepping up and doing something for those that do qualify, but last year and in the last couple years he did something that broke our family apart. If it wasnt because of that, we for sure would have been really happy and my mom would have stayed here and been eligible for obamas announcement. Of course, we at every point here we have been so proud of the work that you have done as an activist. The president did a great thing this week but it was pushed by the activism. Thank you, i want to say something. Our parents in our homes, we want to be with our families, and we cake here for a Better Future for our children. We do this for our childrens Better Future. We dont like breaking laws, we dont like crossing the desert. But we have to do this because we want a Better Future for our children. We know we dont have that opportunity but we that want for our children. Everything is for their family. Thank you. Up next, remember the undocubus . Their slogan then was no papers, no fear. Many americans who have prescriptions fail to stay on them. Thats why we created programs which encourage people to take their medications regularly. So join us as we raise a glass to everyone who remembered today. Bottoms up, america. See you tomorrow. Same time. Another innovation from cvs health. Because health is everything. We used to have so many emptymom ls thats why we switched to charmin ultra mega roll. Charmin ultra mega roll is 75 more absorbent so you can use less with every go. 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Joining me is jeraldo torres, can you talk to me about your continu continued activism and your work. We have been working with a number of grass roots organizations. We launched the one more campaign to stop the deportations. At the local level, were working case by case with members of the communities and help them be released back to their families so they can be back together while theyre going through the process. The president has framed, as a political matter this political action, the issue of families. That presumes that everyone is in the same kind of family. One mother, one father, buy logical children, and youre doing work at the intersection of undocumented and ga and transgender identity. What difference do those identities make. I have to come out of the shadows and the closet. It afblfects me twice, as a ga n i dont have citizen children so i dont qualify for that. I was 21 when i came here, so i dont qualify because i think the age is like 16 years old. So i was 21 and i dont qualify for that. Stick with us. I want to come back to my table here for a moment. We see another category of people who are hard working, active in their community, who none the less get left out. Part of what im wondering here is what is the next step . Is it electoral action . Holding the president accountable at the ballot box . What is the right next step . You said it earlier about coming out and folk thats you have seen on the show already, the activist leading the movement for political change, those of us here lucky enough to be citizens need to come out of the closets and the shadows to support this. We cant go back into the shadows. Now that the president has come out with an incredible first step we have to back him up. We have to hold folks accountable. I think the latino vote will be growing quickly. That action has created a clear line in the sand. Are you with the community, are you with dreamers and folks on your show or will you push back . So we have to remind them of that. The last thing i will say is the latino victory project, with the idea of taking this activism and Building Political power, and we have folks that will run for office. And now you have a clear question to put to any candidate, will you or will you not sort of continue this executive action and expand it, or will you seek to end it when you come to office . I think it is about building electoral and political power. For me, my loyalties lie with my community and family. The reason that were fighting is for our moms, so for me, im going to challenge poll decisions, were going to push them to make sure they keep protecting our families. Well Push Congress, republicans, a lot of them are crazy and nutty and we will work to expand this executive action. This was a first step. He could and should do more and we will make sure we get there and pass a reform bill that will protect as many people i want to ask you one question. I know a lot of the work you were doing on undocubus was about the impact of state and local police. Were wondering whether or not this federal level action makes much of a difference on the front lines. How big of a difference does it make for those front line interactions with Police Officers. For us, it is still a challenge, and it will probably be hard for us. When guy on a date with someone that im dating right now he says Pay Attention to the speed limit, Pay Attention to the road, and call me back when you get home to make sure that youre there. So our community, were going to keep fighting for what is right. And were not going to stop, this is just a little step to getting to the world that we want. Thank you for being here. Still to come this morning, the controversy involving bill cosby. Says easy like monday morning. Sundays are the warriors day to unplug and recharge. What if this feeling could last all week . With centurylink as your trusted partner, it can. 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