Coming up on today’s show:
In 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported that they removed more than 81,000 people living inside the United States — a figure that represents a 37 percent increase from the year before. Ravi Ragbir, the executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York, was detained on January 11th during a regular check-in with ICE. His wife, Amy Gottlieb, shares his story. She’s also an immigrant rights activist and attorney with the American Friends Service Committee Northeast Region.
It’s been four months since Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, and today around a third of the island is still without power. Many blame that slow and uneven recovery on PREPA, Puerto Rico’s power utility. It’s been accused of mismanagement and corruption for years, and this week Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello announced a plan to privatize PREPA, but not everyone’s on board. Journalist Kate Aronoff joins The Takeaway for the latest.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich
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