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Panel. I will introduce the moderator and she will introduce the panelist. I will introduce to you monica, monica is currently with a nationally known expert on Immigration Law and policy. I know monica from her time on the judiciary committee, the House Judiciary Committee. She focused on immigration and refugee issues. Also, i know monica for another reason. Her father was a refugee from uganda, resettled to new orleans by my organization. Without, monica thank you so much for being here. Thank you for putting on this wonderful event. As you said my father was resettled in 1972 so i have a p...

The during this evening at the market a couple of quick notes before we get started if you havent already done so please take a moment of silence your cell phones. Keep them on, do whatever it is you do just do it silently. You dont want to be the first one who starts raining on television. When we get to the qanda portion of the event i will be Walking Around with a wireless microphone so if you have a question which we highly encourage, please wait for me to give to you and speak into the microphone so everyone here can hear your question and it gets picked up for the recording as well. If y...

Confirmed is the fact that as many as 18 children under the age of 2 infants and toddlers were separated from their parents for periods ranging from 20 days to 6 months the house efforts to investigate claims of abuse do not end here the Judiciary Committee this week approved a number of other subpoenas to be served on those dealing with migrants the intention to establish whether the implementation of the administrations 0 tolerance policy contravened federal law. Mike hanna aljazeera washington when you saw the Vice President visiting one Detention Center in that report well he also told ano...

Come at a better moment in history with the 19th amendment granting the women the right to vote passed by the u. S. House and senate in 1919 and then ratified in 1920. Here we are a hundred years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up roughly a quarter of each chamber, and we have a female speaker for the second time and four women so far running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points for women in american politics. I want to introduce each of our panelists and come through and have each of them talk ab...

I will start with a question that you posed with your title. Why is it important to read it, and how you read it for the average person . Its important to read it because we are seeing issues of massive and constitutional importance in the headline news. At that level of the presidency and in congress we have called for concern over the constitution. As an educator, i felt it was important to produce a book that is accessible by regular people so people can educate themselves on how the constitution functions as well as their constitutional rights, and get on that bike and ride it themselves. ...