#362 - January 14, 2017
This week, Donald Kerwin of the Center for Migration Studies on why everyone loses as Donald Trump pulls the plug on Temporary Protected Status. Author and poverty researcher Kathryn Edin on what poor people lose when politicians do welfare reform. And Bill Press interviews Representative Dan Kildee of Michigan .
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Donald Kerwin
Donald Trump’s recent despicable and racist comments about immigrants came as a response to an effort to maintain TPS … Temporary Protected Status. Donald Kerwin is a national authority on immigration who says the end of TPS will only lead to suffering for our most vulnerable immigrants who are hard working, legal and playing an important role in our nation’s economy.
Kathryn Edin
Scholar and author Kathryn Edin documents the lives of people who live on almost no cash income and says much of what we think we know about those lives is wrong.
Dan Kildee
Bill Press talks with Congressman Dan Kildee of Michigan.
Jim Hightower
What's killing America's middle class?