This fall, the Department of Homeland Security descended on the Greater Chicago area as part of an aggressive immigration enforcement campaign targeting Democratic-run cities. Scott Sakiyama joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss his experiences organizing and engaging in efforts to combat authoritarian tactics used by federal agents, what activists in other cities can learn from Chicago, and the importance of taking action now.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Scott Sakiyama, Oak Park, Ill. Attorney and Activist

Link: Oak Park attorney arrested near school says federal agents pointed gun at him, had ‘Chiraq Team 2’ group chat, by Rebecca Johnson

Link: Order and Opinion, Chicago Headline Club v. Noem (Judge Ellis)

Link: Volunteer patrols and the PTA at school entrances: How some Charlotte residents are mobilizing amid the immigration crackdown, by Dalla Faheld, Andy Buck, & Dianne Gallagher

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Indigenous communities are often invited to participate in the conversation about access to their sacred sites but rarely do their interests prevail. Time and again, their input is received and yet made subordinate to competing interests from corporate powers, scientific pursuits, and even recreation. Michalyn Steele joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss how the law could be changed to reorder existing values and give greater weight to Indigenous interests in sacred sites.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Michalyn Steele, Marion G. Romney Professor of Law, BYU Law

Link: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act as a Model of Cultural Sovereignty for Protecting Indigenous Sacred Sites, by Michalyn Steele

Link: Rethinking Protections For Indigenous Sacred Sites, by Stephanie Hall Barclay and Michalyn Steele

Link: Indigenous Resilience, by Michalyn Steele

Link: Supreme Court spurns Native American religious claim over copper mine on sacred land, by Lawrence Hurley

Link: Native American Rights Fund

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President Trump is currently remodeling a house that he does not seem keen to move out of when his lease is up. Donald Sherman of CREW joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss the threat of Trump seeking a third term, and why in spite of clear constitutional text, history cautions us to take the threat seriously. They examine the clear text of the 22nd Amendment, the fight over ratification in the states, and why that all matters now.

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program

Guest: Donald Sherman, Executive Director and Chief Counsel, CREW

Link: 2 presidential terms, 41 states: the ratification of the 22nd Amendment, CREW

Link: Remarks of Rep. Jennings, Congressional Record (852-853)

Link: A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm, by Jamelle Bouie

Link: Presidential Term Limits in American History, by Michael Korzi

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