Federal officials will face questioning by a judge over whether they violated a tear gas order. State. Sen. Graciela Guzmán (D-IL) joins Ali Vitali to speak out against the Trump administration's crackdown on crime and immigration in Chicago.
School attendance has dropped in some areas of Chicago as many as ICE ramps up its deportation efforts and families fear leaving their homes. Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gate joins The Weekend to discuss.
ICE and other federal agents deploy aggressive tactics during their sweeps through America’s cities. NYU historian Ruth Ben Ghiat warns ICE has lost sight of what it’s supposed to be doing: “The goal is very different. It is to terrorize all Americans.” In times of rising authoritarianism, catching their brutality on camera is one way Americans are bearing witness to the truth.
As Donald Trump continues to push his anti-immigrant agenda, viral videos of ICE agents abusing people have steadily increased in number, prompting a growing public outcry for accountability for agents terrorizing neighborhoods and breaking local laws. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker talks with Jen Psaki about reports that he is looking into holding law-breaking ICE agents responsible.
Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, talks exclusively with Jen Psaki about how he plans to stand up to Donald Trump and protect the city from Trump's abuses if he becomes mayor. Mamdani also addresses issues of religion and intra-party Democratic politics.
Teachers in Chicago are speaking out and criticizing immigration enforcement taking place near schools, saying the operations are disrupting classes and traumatizing children. New footage taken by an area teachers shows immigration enforcement removing two women from a car and taking them into custody. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
As ICE arrests rise under President Trump’s immigration crackdown, advocates warn of growing fear and legal uncertainty. In a recent NYT/Siena poll, a majority of Americans think the Trump immigration enforcement has “gone too far.”. Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade, The Atlantic Staff Writer Caitlin Dickerson, Former DHS Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism & Threat Prevention Samantha Vinograd, and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Katy Tur to weigh in.
As videos of interactions between ICE agents in Chicago and Portland go viral, experts are questioning the officers' use of force. University of South Carolina Law Professor Seth Stoughton, who has spent years training police officers, joins Erielle Reshef to share his reaction to the tactics being used.
When OMB Director Russell Vought was working on Project 2025 - the blueprint for seizing power in a second Trump presidency - he spoke about how his think tank was building a rationale for invoking The Insurrection Act to deploy the military on American streets. Now, Project 2025 is here. National Guard troops have been deployed to five American cities - and worse could be on the horizon as Donald Trump and his inner circle have begun labeling a wide range of people and behaviors as “insurrectionist" in recent weeks. What we are witnessing is a real-time test of whether our democracy can survive a government that sees its own citizens as the enemy.
What does “minimum force” really look like? New videos surface showing ICE agents making arrests in broad daylight, near schools, in front of children, and on busy streets. The videos show federal agents intensifying their aggressive tactics in America’s big cities. Writer Radley Balko says, "The fact that we all have a camera in our pockets, and we have instant access to share these videos with the world, is an extremely powerful tool… These videos are having an effect."
Samantha Rojas Rosales, whose mother was detained by ICE while on her way to the grocery store, joins Katy Tur to describe how she found out about her arrest and to give an update on how her mom is doing, saying it has been "very difficult to get in touch with her."
