also joining us is his wife amy gottlieb and alina das.lina das come if you can talk about the significance of what has taken place. this was a stunning rebuke of the trump administration a judge forrest handed down yesterday. you came outside the courthouse. we could not even have phones in the courtroom or record anything. you talked about the significance of this case around the country as amy is about to get on a trade to be a guest at the state of the union, not invited by president trump, but commerce member nydia velazquez. >> we were so heartened to get the judge's decision orordering immediate release. even more so the basis of the decision recognizing the cruelty of the tension. at the end of the day, i think that is the principle that will stand for all of these cases that we are seeing because what she recognized is when you detain someone who is not a flight risk or danger, it becomes arbitrary. that is what happened here. is has never claim that ravi a danger to the community. the contrary, in the past, they have recognized h

amy: that is alina das reading a letter written by ravi ragbir while in detention in florida. more on those cases tomorrow on democracy now! prisonida, state would stririke. the prisoners say they were protesting being used as u unpad labor during the cleanup from ththe massive hurricane irma lat year. and communities s and congregagations across the couoy marked martin luther king day monday. many pastors and civil rights leaders denounced president trump, including martin luther king jr.'s daughter. >> our colollectivee voice in ts hour must alwayays be louder thn ththe voice of onee who may spek sometimes representing these united states, whose words sometimes do n not reflect thatt legagacy of my fatather. we cannonot allowow thehe natiof wordsworld to embrace t the that comome from our president s a reflection of the true spirit of america boston amy: that was martin luther king junior's youngest child speaking at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta on monday. and a correction to our earlier travetti that was ria speaking about ravi ragbir, not his lawyer. and those are so

amy: ravi ragbir's lawyer alina das. thanks to democracy now's! renee feltz and nat needham for that report. a federal court has now responded to an appeal ravi's lawyers filed thursday, setting a new hearing for january 29, and issuing a tempororary stay f removal and a temporary order blocking ravi's transfer away from the new york regigion. this comes as ice's online detainee locator system lists ravi as being detained in florida at the krome detention facility and neither his family nor his lawyers know for sure where he's been taken. we'll continue to follow the case and you can watch democracynow.org for updates. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. back after this rake. breaeak. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war anand peace report. i'm m amy gogoodman. internationanal condemnation of donald trump is growing after reports the president after an expletive during a meeting about immigrants from africa, haiti, and el salvado