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and instead, ordered ragbir's immediate release. and now we welcome back to the studio ravi ragbir, co-founder and executive director of the new sanctuary coalition, as well as his wife amy gottlieb, a , longtime immigrant rights advocate with the american friends service committee, and the head of ravi ragbir's legal team, alina das, co-director of the immigrant rights clinic at the nyu school of law. we welcome you all to democracy now! court seen yesterday, being in federal court in downtown manhattan and hearing this judge read her decision, there is and ought to be in this great country the freedom to say goodbye" and then going on to say, what i just read in the headlines, "we're subjected to treatment she said" it ought not to be those who have lived without incident in this country for years are subjected to treatment associated with regimes we revile as unjust. this is a stunning rebuke of the trump administration. so, ravi ragbir, last night you are free. how do you feel right now? an auto body experience. this is only 18

amy: that is the voice of ravi ragbir. last week, he was detained by florida, nown faces deportation. just a week earlier, another leader of the sanctuary movement, jean montrevil, was detained, deported haiti on tuesday. today we look at how the trump administration targeting leaders of the immigrants rights movement, from new york to seattle, washington, were a prominent activist maru mora-villalpando has also announced she faces possible deportation. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. "the new york times" reports the pentagon is proposing widening the permitable use of nuclear weapons to include responding to cyber attacks and other non-nuclear attacks to u.s. infrastructure. the pentagon has already outlined this expanded nuclear strategy in a draft document sent to president trump for approval. it comes amid a series of moves by the pentagon and president trump that have escalated the threat of nuclear war. "the wall street journal" rep

ravi ragbir w was to attain on thursday at a scheduled check in with ice agents. he's executive director of the new sancnctuary meant that ofofw york city. just a week prior, jani montrevil, another leader with the organization, was detained outside of his home and could be deported as early as today to hahaiti. on monday, hundreds circled washington square park in a jericho walk, then gathered at judson memorial church. this is ravi ragbir's friend and lawyer reading a letter written by ravi entitled "letter from an immigrant jail." >> it was a wild and crazy ride. every moment was uncertain except the certainty that they wanted me gone. i am still here because of all of you. thank you. i miss everyone. i fill very heartbroken to see how many of you are suffering for me, how many people were abused during this process. i feel heartbroken that care for someone invokes violence. . want everyone to stand strong at this moment, we need to speak about changing this system so that no one has to face this type of harm. not just for me, but for all of the families who fa

community members continue to call for ravi ragbir's release. to see our interview about his gottlieb bycase with his wife y yesterday, you can go to democracynow.org. in youngstown, ohio, palestinian-american immigrants rights activist is on hunger strike after he was detained by ice and 20 would be deported. he was arrested at his check-in even though the agency granted him a last minute stay 10 days prior when congress member tim ryan intervened on his behalf. his case rounders the reloaded he of his first marriage to an american citizen in 1979. since palestinians remain stateless, he faces possible deportation of jordan. he is a longtime activist who successfully fought deportations for some two decades. jeff flakehill, warned yesterday president trump's attacks on the media are threatening american democracy. speaking from the senate floor wednesday, flight blasted trump's declaration and 2017 that the u.s. media are the enemy of the people. a mr. president, it is testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses word

amy: ravi ragbir's lawyer alina das. thanks to democracy now's!enée 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 temporary stay of removal and a temporary order blocking ravi's transfer away from the new york region. 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 break.  [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. international condemnation of donald trump is growing after reports the president after an expletive during a meeting about immigrants from africa, haiti, and el salvador. while meeting wit

fueron detenidos esta maÑana el grupo lleg hasta la corte de inmigracin en apoyo del activista ravi ragbiruien fue arrestado por inmigracin cuando se present a las oficinas de esa agencia.... tras su detencin el concejal rodrguez por tweeter dijo que fue ahorcado por uno de los policas que lo arrest. sot carlos rodríguez -hermano del concejal tras esto el sindicato que representa a sargentos de la policia de ny indic lo siguiente. " ydanis eres un mentiroso dile a la gente de ny como es que bloqueaste una ambulancia en la iba un hombre enfermo" esta es la ambulancia nos dicen a la que se refieren y este es el hombre enfermo que dicen iba a bordo - se trata del activista detenido... sot juan carlos ruiz- detenido junto con el concejal rodrguez se present en corte para responder varios cargos que incluyen resistirse al arresto y conducta desordenada - tras salir libre - hablo con nosotros... sot ydanis rodrguez - concejal de ny ---en viernes de inmigracin y nos acompaÑa de nuevo "patricia castorena", abogada experta en materia migratoria para responder a todas sus inquietudes. ---buenas tard

cheers] amy: cheers erupted moayay as federal judge ordered ee relee e of iigrarantightss leader ravi ragbir head othe new sanctuary coalition of new york city, comparing the way ice detained him to "regimes we revile as unjust" that take residents "away without notice from streets, home, and work."

texas, and amy gottlieb, an immigration lawyer and the wife of detained immigrant rights leader ravi ragbir. accompanyinnydia velazquez. and supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has announced she will not be attending the state of the union. she's been a vocal critic of president trump. the justice department is seeking to add a question about whether people are u.s. citizens to the u.s. census. 2020 immigrant rights advocates have slammed the move, saying it will cause millions of people to not participate in the census, and therefore, further limit government services and political representation in majority immigrant communities. the longtime investigative journalist roberparry has died at the age of 68. as a reporter at the associated press in the 1980's, he helped exposed how the reagan administration was secretly sending arms to iran in what became known as the iran-contra scandal. bob parry also revealed the role of the u.s.-backed nicaraguan contras in drug trafficking here in the united states. >> the contras became involved in drug trafficking in the 1980's, it was done poorl