The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 21 Jan. '25

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First Segment: Ravi Ragbir, a leading advocate for immigrants facing deportation and the co-founder of the New Sanctuary Coalition, won a full presidential pardon from Joe Biden, ending Ragbir’s 16-year quest to avoid being deported to his native Trinidad and Tobago. We speak with him about the pardon and the need for community power. Second Segment: In the context of Trump's harsh deportation plans, we speak with Murad Awawdeh, the executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, a broad coalition of many immigrant-rights community groups in New York. Final Segment: We bring on Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers and take call-ins from listeners who share how they feel about the Trump's second presidential term.