
DACA Ruling, Palestinian Strategy, Wonder Woman
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1363
- Jun 22, 2020 6:00 am
- 104:01
What the US Supreme Court Did - and Did Not - Say About DACA (0:30) Guest: Michael Olivas, Wm B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law (Retired), University of Houston Law Center, Author of “Perchance to Dream: A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA” Some 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, can continue to study and work without fear of deportation – for now. That’s the upshot of the Supreme Court’s ruling last week – a defeat for the Trump Administration. But the “sword of Damocles is still hanging over” recipients of DACA – the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The Palestinian Authority Plays a Game of Chicken (19:31) Guest: Khaled Elgindy, Senior Fellow, Director of Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs at the Middle East Institute, Author of “Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, From Balfour to Trump” Israel’s leaders appear to be moving ahead with a controversial plan to annex portions of the West Bank in the coming weeks. The Palestinians say the land is theirs, based on previous international agreements, and it's land they have counted on for an independent country they hope to establish. But Israel has the bigger army and the backing of President Trump. So the Palestinian Authority is hoping to stop the annexation by threatening to basically step aside and let Israel manage the West Bank on its own. It’s a game of chicken. New Survey Identifies a Group of Women Swing Voters (39:00) Guest: Lauren Leader Is the CEO of All in Together A look now at a voting bloc that could prove key in the 2020 presidential election. “Guardian Women” is the name they’ve been given by the non-partisan research organization All In Together, which did a poll of American women in early May. Wonder Woman as an Awkward Teenaged Refugee Confronting Injustice in America (52:49) Guest: Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times Best-Selling Author of “Speak” and “Chains,” Author of “Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed” Wonder Woman has become edgier a