amy: juan ortiz, thank you for being with us, indigenous and immigrant rights activists, speaking tos from el paso, one of the lead organizers with the christmas in tornillo occupation. and thank you to congress member judy chu, chair of the congressional asian pacific also an caucus come member of the ways and means committee. has introduced legislation to shutdown child prison camps. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org. when we come back, one secretary after another, one cabinet member after anonother, has been forced out of trump's cabinet. will alex acosta, the labor secretary, the next? a number of congreressmembers ae calling for an investigation into his past activities. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. one cabinet member after another has been forced to leave the trump over corruption and other issues. leaving trump's cabinet the most unstable since he has assumed office. the environment protection agency, department of justice, in t the interior are all being headed by acting official