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March 17, 2025
What A Day
Trump’s Law-Bending Attack on Migrants

In This Episode

  • In both court and in interviews Monday, the Trump administration doubled down on its decision over the weekend to deport more than 250 migrants, mostly Venezuelans. About half of them were removed under the Alien Enemies Act, a centuries-old war-time law President Donald Trump has invoked to deport suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua with little to no due process. It’s just one of a handful of really scary anti-immigration efforts the White House has undertaken recently, including the push to deport Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Kahlil over his involvement in campus protests against the war in Gaza. Nico Perrino, executive vice president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, talks about how Kahlil’s case sits at the intersection of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and free speech.
  • And in headlines: Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the agency that runs Voice of America, the White House said it has expelled South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., and Harvard University announced plans to make attending the school more financially realistic for middle- and low-income families.
  • Correction: During our interview with journalist Josh Barro on Monday’s show, we said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is 80 years old. He’s 74. We regret the error.
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