27. Looking for America

This week, Uri and Rivky dive into the issue on everyone's minds: the OU honoring Jeff Sessions at their annual policy conference, after the emergence of reports of children being forcibly separated from their parents by immigration authorities. They ask, what is really going on? What are these policies, really? How are the policies under Trump different than Obama, or Bush-era policies? And what about the OU - did the OU make a mistake? What should they have done? Is the anger against the OU deserved? Catch up on everything below: The Trump policy: https://www.vox.com/2018/6/11/17443198/children-immigrant-families-separated-parents https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/opinion/sunday/family-separation-immigration-trump.html Jewish groups letter: https://www.ou.org/community/notices/jewish-communal-letter-condemning-family-separation-policy/ Orthodox Union Event: https://www.c-span.org/video/?446982-1/attorney-general-sessions-backs-supreme-court-decision-colorado-baker-case Orthodox Union Letter: https://www.ou.org/blog/news/update-ou-takes-a-stand-on-zero-tolerance-immigration-policy/ OU's decision: http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/justice-justice-you-shall-pursue-on-the-ou-honoring-jeff-sessions/ Related podcasts: NY Times, The Daily, "How Separating Migrant Families Became U.S. Policy": https://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/the-daily NPR, Up First: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621277687/tuesday-june-19th-2018 Vox, Today Explained, "2,000": https://www.vox.com/pages/podcasts Where are the kids being held: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/inside-casa-padre-the-converted-walmart-where-the-us-is-holding-nearly-1500-immigrant-children/2018/06/14/0cd65ce4-6eba-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8022bed9754f Conservative perspective: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/illegal-immigration-enforcement-separating-kids-at-border/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/ice-loses-1500-children-myth-shows-media-bias/ Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2ZsAOlvEM