weill eak to col anne donohoe and aclu attorney lee gelernt, who was at one of the reunifications. >> it was incredibly emotional. the y now is can we get this skilled up so can get more than 1000 families reunited for the 5500 to hunt have been separated? amy: then we speak to julia wright, the daughter of the celebrated african-american writer richard wright, the author of "native son" and "black boy." he died over 60 years ago but he has a new novel out, "the man who lived underground." the manuscript was rejected by publishers in the because of its 1940's detailed descriptions of racist police violence. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. florida republican governor ron desantis has signed a sweeping voter suppression bill that would make it harder to vote by mail, limit ballot drop boxes, impose new voter id requirements, and criminalize giving food and water to voters waiting in line at polling places. desantis signed the bill in a private ceremony thursday that was broadcast on "fox & friends." spoke

the aclu's lee gelernt said -- "we are certainly not prepared to celebrate just yet given the thousandswho still need to be reunified and the more than 5500 children who were traumatized and need help. we are pressing for permanent legal status, compensation and social services. it is the least these families deserve given that our government deliberately abused them." in other immigration news, the biden administration says it's canceling construction of former president trump's u.s.-mexico border wall and returning billions of dollars that were diverted from the pentagon to pay for it. the administration also said it would repair damage created by the wall's construction -- filling holes in the rio grande valley levee system and fixing soil erosion near san diego. in southern california, a boat that was believed to be carrying migrants overturned off th coast of san diego sunday, killing at least four of the 29 people on board. over 20 people have been hospitalized. the boat's captain, who is suspected of human smuggling, has been taken into custody. north korea warned the u.s. of a "