"A Racist, Xenophobic Attack": Immigrant Rights Activist Decries Trump Remarks About Southern Border
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#46M6A)
President Donald Trump addressed the nation Tuesday night in his first prime-time speech from the Oval Office. He urged Congress to approve $5.7 billion to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, but he opted not to declare a national emergency to force construction of the wall, in a xenophobic speech riddled with falsehoods. We speak with Oscar Chacon, executive director of Alianza Americas, an immigrant rights group based in Chicago.