this the advancement of one of the process they will be sent back it's prevented that the immigration department can send them back to myanmar but what is that what's even bigger than that is that. civil civil groups civil defense groups those who are working for asylum seekers and refugees inside malaysia have a word now when it comes to the way they can challenge what the immigration department does in previous times they weren't allowed to do that they couldn't do that this court case today this court hearing today now allows them to challenge moves by the immigration department so that is a step in the right direction if you will if you are part of those groups those non-governmental organizations so that's a step in that group and that way for those groups there's also going to be another hearing in 2 weeks kind of furthering this situation but again as you said it's not going to get those 1000 plus people back but it's setting a good president for those moving forward cases like this moving forward and for those 10150 people who are facing who are still trying to seek asylum in malaysia ok

previously that is in the books a law says that they can't be challenged by any move the immigration department that is now being allowed by amnesty international another group they are questioning is a move back in february 5 or 23rd when 1086 in myanmar citizens were deported after the coup that was 3 weeks after the coup had started and the situation on the ground was bad already by then so these groups human rights groups questioned the decision by the immigration department and now they the court has said yes ok we can move forward with this the next hearing is going to be in 2 weeks. ok scott hi-lo there bring us all the very latest from bangkok in thailand scott thank you. the european parliament has stripped 3 catalan separates us politicians of their immunity from prosecution because a loony is former regional leader corliss pushed him on and 2 other politicians are currently the subject of european arrest warrants issued by spain they wanted so for their woman organizing the $2817.00 independence referendum which spain deemed illegal to mourn is currently in self-imposed exile in belg

there's been no legal way to challenge in the court system in malaysia a decision by the immigration department this is the 1st time that they are allowing that the courts are allowing that to happen and these 2 rights groups are to have petitioned for a hearing on this decision back on the 23rd and that is proceeding so that is that is something that has not happened in malaysia court before ok scott hyde low that across all those developments from bangkok scott thank you very much indeed. brazil's former presidents luis inacio lula da silva has said for what's been described as a sensational political comeback a supreme court joan chance tonight his conviction on corruption charges the decision restores his right to contest next year's presidential election. from rio de janeiro. recently. i was leading the polls and $28.00 team the left wing political leader would have probably been elected brazil's president for the 3rd time had not been convicted on corruption charges and banned from running now less back in the political scene as the country faces its worst moment in the cool than 1000 pan

there was even a previous court ruling that said that they shouldn't be deported but the immigration department did it anyway in malaysia so not only. does this case set precedent again you know we're just at the beginning they were granted the right to challenge what took place but also there are about just over 100 asylum seekers still in malaysia so that means that they will stay put they won't be they can't be deported now as this process is going on right now. scott let's go back to what was happening overnight in may in itself pretty frightening not it seems for a couple of 100 of suppose 100 protesters. it was and this was in a neighborhood within yangon they had protests during the day on monday as as usual but then security forces kind of corralled them in a certain area and even said that they were going to go to door to door to find those protesters because again in the streets of myanmar those protests are illegal and the police and security forces said that they were going to find the protesters and arrest them they were given refuge in houses and homes within that area they were f

they couldn't be question this hearing today allowed this to move forward this move by the immigration department to to deport 1086 men mark citizens back on february 23rd so this hearing is going forward so it's significant because now a court has ruled that it is ok that it's ok to question a decision by the immigration department inside the courtroom obviously this is good news for people moving forward and for about 114 who are still saying they're seeking asylum they can't be deported in this time period of the hearings but those who already were deported it's very unlikely they'll come back for me any more but again moving forward this is set a precedent ok scott thank you so much for that update from bangkok a senior chinese official has said beijing's plans to change hong kong's electoral system will protect its international role the legislation effectively dismantles hong kong's opposition by giving beijing appointed committee control of who can run for office the national people's congress is expected to approve it on thursday in recent years though especially since the polluter is ove

of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area it's got either al-jazeera. law in denmark have temporarily halted the use of the covert 90 vaccine manufactured by astra zeneca deadlocks says it was after a small number of cases of blood clots occurred however the country's health ministry said it wasn't yet clear whether the clots were linked to the banks in the u.k. has responded and says that the astra zeneca vaccine is safe and effective let's get more on this from paul brennan who's monitoring events force and blood what else have astra zeneca been saying about this paul. that's a perplexing one this highlighting i think the differences between politicians and epidemiologists and also health regulators in the different countries because there is clearly a distinction between what some individual

of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area scott either al-jazeera. temporarily halted the use of the covert 19 vaccine manufactured by astra zeneca doesn't look says it was after a small number of cases of blood clots occurred however the country's health ministry said it wasn't yet clear whether the clots were linked to the vaccine the u.k. has responded and says the astra zeneca vaccine is safe and effective pull brendan has more from london. what the danish are saying is that they have decided to stop using the astra zeneca vaccine for the next 2 weeks while they investigate whether there is a link between these 2 blood clots events and the taking of the vaccine austria is another one where there's been one death and one blood clot incident again austria not sure the reaction from the authori

concerned because they say that there are some within that group who are seeking asylum the immigration department in malaysia said no that wasn't the case these are all just people who were who had broken immigration rules and that were also voluntarily going back to me and mari it's obviously quite a difficult thing to believe when you see the condition of what's happening in myanmar right now so that hearing is going on today and it's you know it's obviously going to be something that sets a precedent for future potential deportations because those 11086 have already left so it's very unlikely that they'll be sent back by myanmar officials but what they're looking to do in the court today human rights groups and that is to do set precedent to make sure that doesn't happen again or a test called hide and lie for us that in the thai capital bangkok scott thank you . all right a lot more still to come here not just here including the u.s. issues a long awaited guidance for those who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus . and why the fight for women's rights is intensifying across latin a

of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area it's got harder al-jazeera. the un has held a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen and ethiopia's tikker a region where food supplies are running dangerously low the world food program's chief who just returned from yemen is seeking private donations the agency needs an extra $600000.00 to provide aid to yemen for the next 6 months a recent donor conference failed to raise even harf the $4000000000.00 needed to avert a famine there. it's a horrific situation it really years i went to on what would be. the best hospital . room to room to room with our social truth literally. the lucky ones that actually get into the hospital what caught the doctor and i said how many years you had or here it he said 25 or so what do you do wi

of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area scott toddler al-jazeera. no way in denmark have temporarily suspended the use of the covert 1000 vaccine manufactured by astra zeneca denmark says it was after a small number of cases of blood clots so curt however the country's health ministry said it wasn't yet clear whether the clots were linked to the vaccine the u.k. has responded and says the astra zeneca vaccine is safe and effective let's get more reaction from the u.k. and speak to paul brennan tell us more about what. astra zeneca in oxford said about this decision by denmark to suspend its vaccine. well at 1st glance this is a worrying development but it's important to put it into some context 1st of all the development itself and that is that denmark as you say has temporarily for 2 weeks su

was that amnesty international another human rights group wanted to challenge the move by immigration department to deport those people last month they were granted that by the high court now court today on tuesday what we're going to see next is in 2 weeks time will be another hearing looking into the process that allowed these people to be deported i say aloud because there was a lower court decision to prevent that to stop that from happening back in february 23rd but it happened anyway take us through then scott what has been happening through the nights in may and now we saw some pictures there we hear about these 200 protesters who were effectively rounded up and locked off from everyone else. you know what happened yesterday monday was a big protest day again right across myanmar and as you mentioned 3 people died during the day at night in yangon in a neighborhood central neighborhood of yangon police and security forces kind of corralled about $200.00 young protesters after their day of protesting and said that they were going to arrest. them because they you know all the protests are t

of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area scott tyler al-jazeera. temporarily halted the use of the covert 19 vaccine manufactured by astra zeneca the knox as it was after a small number of cases of blood clots occurred however the country's health ministry said it wasn't yet clear whether the clots were linked to the vaccine the united kingdom has responded and says the astra zeneca vaccine is safe and effective let's get more on this and go live to paul broaden our correspondent in london and really it's about the reaction of astra zeneca to what denmark and norway have done. yes and i think it's also about the reaction of the general population as well i think one of the reasons why the health regulators and the drug companies are wanting to get involved in this at a very early stage bearing

of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area scott tyler al-jazeera. norway denmark and iceland have temporarily halted the use of the covert 19 vaccine manufactured by astra zeneca denmark says it was after a small number of cases of blood clots however the country's health ministry said it wasn't clear whether the clots were linked to the vaccine the u.k. has responded and says the astra zeneca vaccine is safe and effective let's get more on this one correspondent paul brennan he's in london following events for us this sort of looks like it's escalating but how worrying is it. i think it is worrying it's worrying because there are potentially more countries going to get involved in this you know this started the smalling with just denmark and austria involved and now we have norway and iceland o

of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area it's got harder al-jazeera and let's get a sick an update on the situation now with tony chang who also joins us live from bangkok tony they were less protesters on the streets today i understand but still more deaths. i mean we've seen people coming out in the 10s if not hundreds of thousands but. facing the onslaught from the in the military in the police not surprisingly reduced numbers today and yet they still faced this barrage of tear gas rubber bullets and live fire and some of those in some places in the central township. we understand 7 people have died some of the footage we've seen showing wounds that are clearly consistent with sniper rifles high caliber weapons that amnesty international report they released overnight said. being used by the

a refugee flow from me and more those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area it's got harder al-jazeera when i speak now to michael charney he's a professor of asian a military history at the school of oriental and african studies here in london and the author of a history of modern thank you for joining us so fresh accusations there from the military against an l d that seems to be a patton but whatever didn't have the minute she produced. well. you have to put what's happening into a particular context and that's 1st of all the burma has been under or has been under sanctions and that kind of thing for a number of years and its banking system is still not completely clean accounting practices aren't perfect and there's a great deal of a possibility that things weren't recorded correctly or. otherwise that's one of the reasons t

years, francisco worked for the orange county school board as a community liaison in the immigration department. he played a pivotal role in registering migrant families an their children to enable attend abc at local schools during the year. francisco is a beloved husband, father of seven children, a grandfather of 14, and a great grandfather of 16. he is still an avid story teller, loves listening to music and is a great domino's player. he recently celebrated 97th birthday in orlando, florida. for this and more, mr. francisco h. dejesus, we honor you. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the life of officer kevin valencia of the orlando police department who was a courageous and heroic officer, a loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend. on june 11, 2018, officer kevin valencia was shot and critically injured while responding to a domestic violence call where a deranged individual took his own life after killing four children and shooting officer valencia. officer valencia risked his life for people he didn't even know, a risk that many in the law enforcement profession take every

with the numbers and then fresco was deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration at the u.s. department of justice during the obama administration he says biden could face an even bigger immigration challenge going forward. this is the challenge that the biden and minister asian has to overcome is how do you process i mean creasing number of individuals on the southern border in a manner that is both humanitarian and orderly but also in a manner that ultimately is unjust and over the course of time to have consular processing centers outside of the united states so that you tell people if you want to enter the united states these are the legal processes you can use outside of the united states the claimed refugee status and they will be orderly and acceptable so that you don't have to present yourself at the border the challenge right now is that those processes are nowhere near coming to fruition and so there's a few months ahead where the biden and ministration doesn't want to be completely turning people away the biden ministration continues to try to ramp up its processing facilitie

. >> and illegal immigration go hand the department of homeland security announced over the weekend that fema will help process the high levels of unaccompanied migrant children over the next 90 days. we recognize this is a big the last administration left us a dismantled unworkable system. white house press secretary jen psaki says fema will help ensure migrants have access to medical care and shelters and place them with vetted families. this is one of the steps that the president felt would help. >> not become a final solution but help expedite. >> processing. but psaki says the white house is still sending a strong message. now is not the time to come. but also we want to ensure that people are treated with humanity in washington. i'm jessi tenure. tonight the woman seen harassing and coughing on an uber driver on dash cam video here has been released on bond after turning herself in. >> to san francisco. police or to kill me. i seen here in the black coat coughing on the uber driver turned herself in over the weekend. she's facing a list of charges including robbery, assault and bat

immigration. yesterday the department of homeland security announced they would use fema. tell me what you make of this? >> i'm glad to see the administration is treating the immigration situation and the situation at the border with the humanity it deserves. i think it is incredibly important that fema get involved and that we get these children out of detention as soon as possible and families put back together as quickly as possible. so i applaud their efforts to do this. >> let's talk about what things are like in congress right now. one might have thought that it would have resulted in a sheared experience of you and your republican colleagues and brought everyone together in the way that so many other tragedies in american history have done. there was zero republican support in either chamber for the relief act, and we're seeing some around the country taking credit for the effects that it is going to have. >> you would have thought that we would come together andbond over our shared experience. and we saw republicans voting in opposition to certification of the elect

he's an immigration attorney and he was deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration at the u.s. department of justice during barack obama's administration he's joining us from washington thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera so you heard the homeland security secretary speaking to the sunday news channels and essentially saying that the border is closed is he trying to send a stronger message now to those once it's a cross over it is a too little too late. well i think the message he is trying to send the is for the people who want to attempt to come to the united states that this is not the time to come to the united states but the problem is when you send that message in exactly that manner people still hear a receptivity to your entrance of the united states that they don't necessarily hear when they heard former president drum saying never come the border lolis be closed will never lead to it and so people do get hope from the words that both president biden and secretary new york as say and say that so they don't tend to listen to that now aspect of things and in addition people

department is an immigrant from mexico and he says he's been working as a for more than a decade during the attack. his back was injured. but the real pain he says is losing his livelihood. they don't left them without a court. how he going to work. now. >> after sharing this video on social media. you know, he says his followers are rallying behind pitino to get him back on his feet. more than $10,000 in donations have poured in from all over the country job. he says these community members need to be protected. we got to take care of them as much as we will take care of our own family ice cream accor man, whatever it is, you know, we've got to take care of them. this our job is our job to take care of. >> reporting in oakland. dan thorn kron 4 news. >> coming up next with kron 4 morning news after the break. president biden is getting ready to unveil his infrastructure plan and not everybody is happy with the proposals. >> in national news. president biden is set to unveil his infrastructure plan this week. the administration is working on finalizing a plan that would cost trillions o

immigration. yesterday the department of homeland security was in who said the following, he said we are not saying don't come to those -- he said we are saint elkanah because will be to deliver safe and only process to them as quickly as possible. the message was don't come now. sounds like the messages come later. when should these migrants come? >> the president has put forward an immigration reform package that will not only provide a pathway to citizenship but help put in place smart security measures at the border and address root causes in the region. there also is time and he talks but this quite a bit yesterday that we need to dig out from the immoral and ineffective approach to immigration of the last administration. that's going to take time probably months for us to be able to process people at the border, to get people on the right path for consideration for asylum seekers and others. now stop the moment for that. >> for clarity it sounds like even if unintentional justin the message these migrants can, they just have to wait longer. is that the message? >> we have been clear as he was

gave his first major speech wednesday, laying out his priorities for the state department, focusing on climate change, immigration and the economy. this is 30 minutes. >> good morning. my fellow americans, five weeks ago, i was sworn

for the illegal immigration, this as department of home lapd security secretary says border so closed as it is met with migrants day after day thousands of them. officials now weighing putting migrants up in hotels sending them to canadian on your dime not allowing media to tour detention facilities. the gag order in place. former acting dhs secretary chad wolf weighs in next hour coming up along with tennessee senator marsha blackburn who will detail her visit at the border. markets are morning are lower take a look mixed story really the dow jones industrial average down 78 but nasdaq tech heavy nasdaq looking for a rebounding after weeks of decline the s&p 500 this morning is down just about 1 point this after all three major pinged cease posted losses tack a look as you can see with dow industrials down a fraction nasdaq down a fraction and s&p 500. still on track for a positive first quarter, former commerce secretary wilbur ross with us this morning looking at the state of the economy at the ton of the 8 a.m. hour. european market this is morning are mixed take a look, down just

we, in the department of homeland security and immigration services study the conditions of countries that have suffered disasters, that suffer violence, military strife and the like. we study those conditions to determine whether temporary protected status is needed in the first instance or whether the country conditions are in favor of the redesignation of a status previously divided. we do so in consultation with the department of state that also studies those country conditions, and that work is underway with respect to some of the countries that you have mentioned. >> thank you again, mr. secretary. i currently chair the subcommittee on cybersecurity, and i appreciate the department's renewed emphasis on its cybersecurity mission. following solo winds supply chain attack, many have suggested that immigrants get through our program, but einstein's program was never designed to supply a solar wind attack. many have warned about einstein and we must rethink our approach to federal security, move away from legacy technologies whose security technologies have diminished and put resour

the trump justice department oversaw cruel immigration policies that separated young children from theirarents at our southern border and locked these children in cages. the trump justice department remained painfully silent as our nation cried out for racial justice in the wake of the murder george floyd, an unarmed black man. after the firing of attorney general sessions, the attorney general of the united states became the attorney general for donald trump. when our nation's top law enforcement official becomes little more than a political fixer for the president, it erodes the principle of equal justice under law and calls into question the mission of the department. in the waning days of the trump administration, with nearly half a million americans dead from coronavirus, extremists stormed our capitol, including this very chamber and disrupted our peaceful transfer of power. tragically five people died during the insurrection including a capitol police officer. our nation must now bring the perpetrators to justice and address the root -- and root causes in our society that enabled

gave his first major speech wednesday, laying out his priorities for the state department, focusing on climate change, immigration and the economy. this is 30 minutes. >> good morning. my fellow americans, five weeks ago, i was sworn in as your secretary of state. my job is to represent the united states to the world. to fight for the interest and values of the american people. when president biden asked me to serve, he made sure i understood that my job is to deliver for you. to make your lives more secure. create opportunity for you and your families. and tackle the global crises that are increasingly shaping your futures. secure, create opportunity for you and your families and tackle the global crises that are increasingly shaping your futures. i take this responsibility very seriously. and an important part of the job is speaking to you about what we're doing and why. later today president biden will share what's called the interim strategic guidance on our national security and foreign policy. it gives initial direction to our national security agencies so that they can get to work right away while we keep

department is an immigrant from mexico and he says he's been working as a for more than a decade during the attack. his back was injured. but the real pain he says is losing his livelihood. they don't left them without a court. how he going to work. now. >> after sharing this video on social media. you know, he says his followers are rallying behind pitino to get him back on his feet. more than $10,000 in donations have poured in from all over the country job. he says these community members need to be protected. we got to take care of them as much as we will take care of our own family ice cream at core man, whatever it is. you know, we've got to take care of them. this our job is our job to take care of. >> reporting in oakland. dan thorn kron 4 news. >> well happening tomorrow, several school districts will begin expanding in person learning center fell city schools are going to move to in person learning 5 days a week. students will be in the classroom for 4 and a half hours each day with no distance learning some of them have been on a hybrid mix of in person and distance learning

department. the president shut down the government for the longest period in history over the issue of immigration took money from the department of defense to build his almighty wall. there's case after case and -- zero tolerance to separate 2200 -- >> but how are they handling what they inherited? >> well, they're trying to get some order into the situation. they acknowledge the fact it's a challenge, and i agree with them. but i have talked to secretary mayorkas this week. we had a conversation with a republican senator as part of it to discuss possibilities. and there are some. i'm glad the vice president is going to take this on as her personal challenge. i know she's up to the job. i've served with her for many years. >> senator dick durbin, always a pleasure to have you on. >> glad to be with you. >>> just in, a new snapshot of america's unemployment crisis. is it getting better or worse? stay tuned. hmmm... where to go today? la? vegas? no, the desert. let's listen to this. louder. take these guys? i mean, there's room. maybe next time, fellas. now we're talking. alright. let's. go. start

department of homeland security struggles with the surgeon illegal immigration, secretary alejandro mayorkas is vouching for his department's effort to carefully unaccompanied minors crossing the u.s.-mexico border. >> will make the conditions as safe as possible for the children whom we are not expelling. >> shannon: dhss we are on track to see the highest number of migrants attempting to enter the u.s. illegally in the last 20 years. the biden administration is sending 4 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine to canada and mexico with potential approval for that formula in the u.s. likely still several weeks away. the news came as the president sounded ready to give his number to a promotion in his state of vaccination remarks today. >> one president harrison i took a virtual tour of a vaccination center in arizona not long ago. >> shannon: let's get reaction to the decision to share the non-u.s. approved astrazeneca vaccine which is raising concerns in europe. susan crabtree. steve hilton. welcome to you both. >> thanks for having us. >> shannon: to the point about the astrazeneca vacci

look at the labor department stats. nigerian immigrantsd are better educated than native foreign whites. what is this? it's so stupid and crazy. jason rantz, i appreciate your coming on tonight. thank you. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: so that big ship brought a lot of global trade to a halt and blocked the suez canal appears to be moving on. how did it block the canal in the first place? was it actually an accident? we have got new details straight ahead. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: so an enormous cargo ship blocks suez canal. >> the ever given container ship is a quarter of a mile long, the size of the empire state building and while it was stuck diagonally in the suez canal, it blocked nearly everything bought and sold on the planet, costing $10 billion each day and putting a strain on the supply chain. now the ship is freed and the investigation into the cause of the grounding is under way. high winds pushing the ship too close to the bank appears to be the primary cause but investigators say they will look at everything from tides to weather to

department is an immigrant from mexico and he says he's been working as a for more than a decade during the attack. his back was injured. but the real pain he says is losing his livelihood. they don't left them without a court. how he going to work. now. >> after sharing this video on social media. you know, he says his followers are rallying behind pitino to get him back on his feet. more than $10,000 in donations have poured in from all over the country job. he says these community members need to be protected. we got to take care of them as much as we will take care of our own family ice cream at core man, whatever it is. you know, we've got to take care of them. this our job is our job to take care of. >> well, the report has been filed with oakland police and pitino tells us that he is hoping to get another cart soon so that he could take advantage of this nice weather that we've been having and continue to make money reporting live in san francisco. dan thorn kron 4 news live to see this. so many folks know coming to help him out. definitely. we'll put a smile on his face. dan, th

it's strictly a state matter until the law of 1882, and at that point, the treasury department takes over immigrationes business with the states, in effect contracts with the states to enforce american immigration law and restriction. >> clearly a blanket of different laws become unworkable? >> exactly. >> so let's get a snapshot of the big waves of immigration before federal laws. first of all, we have to acknowledge quite a large contingent of people who were involuntarily immigrated to this country, the african-americans who were brought in in slavery. so what percentage of the population were they prior to the civil war? >> prior to the civil war, there are four and a half million slaves in the united states. now, by virtue of a compromise at the constitutional convention, the international slave trade was ended in 1808, but there was plenty of smuggling, and plenty of replenishment of the slave population. so 4.5 million slaves alone by the time of the civil war. i have a problem with calling them involuntary migrants. they were slaves, a special and distinct category, not involuntary migrants.

at that point, the treasury department takes over immigration, but does business with the states. in fact, contracts with the states to enforce american immigration law and restriction. >> the different laws were and workable. >> so let's get a snapshot of the waves of immigration before federal laws. first of, all we have to acknowledge quite a large contingent of people who work in voluntary the african americans who were brought and through slavery. so what percentage of the population where they prior to the civil war? >> prior to the civil war, there are four and a half million sleeves in the united states. now by virtue of the compromise of the institutional -- the slave trade was ended in 1908 but there was plenty of smuggling. plenty of replenishment of the slave population. so i have a problem of calling them heavy migrants, they were slaves. a special and distant category. not the same thing as indentured servants or any other category that we would recognize. the first real mass immigration in the united states in the post revolutionary period obviously in the 18 fortie

department direction before judge garland is even confirmed confirmed, these are some of the directions. they change litigation decisions on a number of high-profile cases in court, including on immigration, affirmative action, obamacare, and other issues. this is what a very famous solicitor general, paul clement, said, quote, it's been the long-term position of the justice department to defend the constitutionality of statutes whenever reasonable argument can be made. so it appears that our new president and his administrator is going to flout that tradition i just stated how paul clements felt about it. i hope that judge garland brings that point of view in line and preserves the credibility of the justice department. i hope he also preserves his credibility with the durham investigation. during the trump administration i support offed the mueller investigation. i even supported legislation to protect his investigation in 2018 when it looked like president trump might fire him. that bill got out of committee that i chaired at that time. in 2019, when bill barr was before the judiciary committee, he was required to commit to not interfere with the mueller investigation, and i thought t

department is an immigrant from mexico and he says he's been working as a for more than a decade duringthe attack. his back was injured. but the real pain he says is losing his livelihood. they don't left them without a court. how he going to work. now. >> after sharing this video on social media. you know, he says his followers are rallying behind pitino to get him back on his feet. more than $10,000 in donations have poured in from all over the country job. he says these community members need to be protected. we got to take care of them as much as we will take care of our own family ice cream accor man, whatever it is, you know, we've got to take care of them. this our job is our job to take care of them. >> reporting in oakland. danr thorn kron 4 news. >> today. it's time for 3rd through 5th graders to return to the classrooms here in ca >> 6.29 and we're taking a live look here >> john, only one of the book and is probably san mountains. will you guys always have an explanation. you assign to nation. i suppose it could ships. john, you don't know why the fog is definitely the exhau

department is an immigrant from mexico and he says he's been working as a for more than a decade during the attack. his back was injured. but the real pain he says is losing his livelihood. they don't left them without a court. how he going to work. now. >> after sharing this video on social media. you know, he says his followers are rallying behind pitino to get him back on his feet. more than $10,000 in donations have poured in from all over the country job. he says these community members need to be protected. we got to take care of them as much as we will take care of our own family ice cream at core man, whatever it is. you know, we've got to take care of them. this our job is our job to take care of. >> well, the report about this crime has been filed with oakland police. in the meantime, this man is hoping to be able to get back out there and be able to continue to sell ice cream because as the weather has got nicer out. there's a lot more people coming out and about. and with all that money that's being raised soon. he'll be able to get a new card reporting live in san francisco

immigration. >> to help with the influx of unaccompanied minors, the department of homeland security says the u.s. is building new facilities to increase its capacity in washington. rashad hudson. with weeks of debate. san francisco officials have finally decided that the sky star observation wheel will remain at golden gate park through 2025. >> well, earlier this month, the san francisco historic preservation commission approved extending the stay of the 150 foot tall ferris wheel shortly after the approval, several san francisco city officials called for a resolution asking the wheel to come down in 2022 alleging that its bright lights and electric generator harm the park's wildlife. >> this is in tiger woods is back home tonight. he was just released from the hospital. certainly good news for tiger and his fancy has been hospitalized for nearly a month after that horrific car accident because severe injuries to one of his legs. we will have reaction from tiger coming up tonight on kron, 4 news at 6, 4 zone forecast time as we get a check of the weather now and the guy that we want to go to is

immigration reform. every single day the department of homeland security is apprehending folks at the border and returning them. do not come to the united states unless you have papers. >> congressman, let me ask you, logistically, the biden administration can say, don't come, our border is closed but when people are already on the move, when you've got migrants that are making their way and it takes weeks if not months to potentially literally walk from central america up to the border, it's hard to imagine they're able to hear any new policy or get that kind of communication, right? so, those that we're seeing, they started making this journey quite some time ago. >> that's exactly correct. that's the same thing that happened under the trump administration. remember all those caravans? that happened under the trump administration. people made this treacherous journey under the trump administration. they also did it under the obama administration and they also did it under the bush administration. they're going to do this because of their problems they are also experiencing at home in their countries. th

. >> immigration judges are employees of the department of justice meaning they are not independent likeal court benches. >> somebody joked we were u.s. imitation judges said that's hard to be independent when you are sitting in the executive office when you're under the control of the president. >> they are growing calls from multiple legal agencies to separate immigration judges from the executive branch. it could take time, meaning the backlog will only continue to grow. bret. >> bret: david, thanks. we are getting new information tonight about the terrible conditions for some persecuted people around the world. the data is in the latest human rights report. one of the stories behind the numbers. >> a captive of the iranian government for 40 months. before his release, he says those prisoners had a request. >> we need you to tell the world, for the world to better understand the malign behavior and the oppression of the regime. and today, i think i must do that. >> a princeton graduate student, he was studying persian language and history in 2016 when iranian authorities arrested him.

immigration lawyer is served as deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration at the u.s. justice department under the obama administration how do right now is a hearing in athens report that thousands of children effectively in the custody of the u.s. government how do you explain why they are spending more time in these jail like facilities than is permitted by law the issue is there are 2 steps in the process saying of unaccompanied minors when they enter the united states the 1st step is there initially operand there and they're supposed to be screened where their fingerprints are screened and then they're supposed to be moved on to a shelter that is run by the department of health and human services and then that 2nd location that shelter is supposed to find a suitable of bulk the place the minor the problem is the shelters are overflowing and all that with them accompanying minors and so if there is not a shelter to place the unaccompanied minor to the minor has to stay in the custody of the customs and border protection at their facility and those facilities are in no way equipped and

black woman to lead the council of economic advisors, the first latino and the first immigrant to lead the department of homeland security, the second black woman to serve as u.n. ambassador, the third latino to serve as education secretary, and the first openly gay secretary of any cabinet agency. cabinet agencies, we all know, have an immense influence over the policy of the united states. it's critical for their leaders to have lived experiences that represent the broad spectrum of americans those agencies serve. not only that, but the nominees i just mentioned are some of the most qualified public servants in america and are already hard at work at delivering results for the american people. the senate will continue to confirm more nominees as quickly as possible. the process can certainly move more quickly with the cooperation of our republican colleagues whose states and constituents benefit equally from having these qualified nominees in place. now on covid, as early as tomorrow the senate will begin work on the american rescue plan. as the country faces a series of historic challenges, we mus

senate, not only with the vote but to ask questions and hold departments and agencies to account is a tremendous responsibility. >> yes. the immigrant story is the universal california story and, really, the story of america. you really focused on the inowe qualities, though, the two californias we have despite that shared experience. your first speech ever on the senate floor, which is this past monday, can you tell us how you opened that speech. >> i think i officially open the speech with the following. this is very intentional. i introduced myself to my colleagues by saying my name is alex bilingual. it's a reflection of the two pandemics we're living through. there's a big focus on the covid-19 pandemic. there's vaccines that have been approved and distributed. take the shot when you can. it's also exacerbated and spotlighted other pandemics, inequities, whether it's access to healthcare, economic opportunities. s who 401(k) is going up versus those who are behind on rent, mortgage, relying on food banksn to get by. who has the luxury to work at home and workers on the frontline, transportation, construction, the food industry,

department of homeland security from 2013 to 2016, and as director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services from 2009 to 2013. during his tenure at dhs, he led the development and implementation of daca, cybersecurity and homeland security agreements with foreign governments, led the government's response to ebola and azika, helped combat campaigning traaing and followup for the earthquake 2019 in haiti. with that, i will turn it over to you. >> thank you very much, jen. good morning, everyone. i'd like to spend a few minutes and provide you with an overview of what we have done and are continuing to do and what we are dedicated to achieving. we are dedicated to achieving and, quite frankly, working around the clock to replace the cruelty of the pass administration with an orderly, humane, and safe immigration process. it is hard and it will take time. but rest assured we're going to get it done. let me explain to you why it is hard and why it is going to take time. i think it is important to understand what we have inherited because it defines the situation as it currently stands.

immigrant children. the health and human services department says the facility will hold approximately 500 children there. illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth said she will not vote for any more biden administration nominees other than diverse nominees until the white house in her words figures out the lack of asian-american and pacific islander representation at the cabinet level. duckworth says president biden will be the first president in 20 years without a cabinet secretary from among that ethnic group. stocks were off today, the dow lost 308, s&p 500 fell 30, the nasdaq dropped 150 today. you may not realize it, but you are being royally ripped off right now. hundreds of billions of your tax dollars and those of your fellow americans are being stolen by criminals, exploiting flaws in the unemployment benefits system. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel shows us how it's being done. >> the american taxpayer has paid out nearly $500 billion in enhanced unemployment benefits during the covid crisis. with experts finding a staggering number has been stolen through fraud. >> the country

the last administration and he wants to put in place a process through an immigration bill, through steps taken by our department of homeland security and hhs to improve that process and make it safe, efficient, and effective. we're going to need some time to do that. >> and the president says, you told us yesterday, "i know what's going on in these facilities. ." you say that he's been briefed with photos from the inside. sec. psaki: multiple times. he's been briefed multiple times about immigration and often has regular sets of questions for his teams. reporter: so what is his concern about this being a superspreader event where you've got 400 kids stuffed into a pod built for 260? sec. psaki: these kids are tested. if they need to be quarantined, they are quarantined. we also follow cdc guidelines to ensure that they are kept safe. one of the reasons that it took us some time to have some of these facilities or some of the shelters open to a larger groups of kids is because we wanted to follow those cdc guidelines. so we certainly don't see it through that prism. we actually took the steps we did to keep thes

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