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"Whatsoever You Do to the Least of My Brethren, That You Do Unto Me”. Criminalizing Undocumented Immigrants. The Hatred of MAGA Towards the Foreign-born. Immigration Facts & How the GOP Strategically Used the Death of Laken Riley.

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Tonight, on this explosive, educational, investigative episode of Light ‘Em Up we will explore in-depth the issues of:

— The treatment of migrants & refugees

— Criminal Immigration

— How the radical right-wing politicized and took advantage of the death of Laken Riley when in reality they really didn’t give a single, solitary care about her — taking advantage of and using her death as a political football.

With this, our 95th episode, we are now heard in 122 countries around the globe.

Again, we challenge you to listen and think critically to this episode.

With the recent passing of Pope Francis, at the age of 88, on Monday April 21st -- the day after the Christian world celebrates Easter — we wanted to examine in-depth the “theory” of those people who claim to be “Christian” yet use race, color and country of origin as a sledge-hammer for fascism.

Whether they claim to be:

— Christian Nationalists

— Christian Fascists

— Christian Conservatives

— Evangelicals

You name it … people who claim to be “doing the work of Jesus Christ” while steadily:

— Denigrating

— Persecuting and prosecuting migrants … the foreign born

— LGBTQ individuals and

— People of color.

“Othering” pretty much everyone who isn’t them.

April 30th marked 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term — over the past three months, the president has issued more than 100 executive orders that aim to bypass Congress and change policy through unilateral action. His administration has:

— Imposed sweeping tariffs on virtually every country in the world

— Withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization

— Declared a national emergency at the southern border

— It has purported to rewrite election rules and end birthright citizenship.

— It is attacking major law firms and universities and much, much more.

But we ask, has this flurry of orders affected fundamental change?

To date, there have already been 46 challenges to executive orders pending in court, and the administration has had no outright victory in any of them. Judges appointed by presidents of both parties have put the brakes on Trump’s fascist plans for change.

Will the courts continue to thwart his lawless agenda?

This is a pivotal moment in the history of this country that will affect it for all time going forward — as the Trump administration strives to keep the politics of fear and panic alive.

Without fear or favor we follow the facts and tackle the topics that touch your lives.

Tune in for all of the explosive details. Follow our sponsors: Newsly & Feedspot.

Promised links found within the body of the podcast audio file:

Criminal Alien Statistics | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Letter of The Holy Father Francis to the Bishops of the United States Of America - The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)

We want to hear from you!

  continue reading

95 episodes

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Manage episode 481807253 series 2793710
Content provided by Phillip Rizzo. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Phillip Rizzo or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

Tonight, on this explosive, educational, investigative episode of Light ‘Em Up we will explore in-depth the issues of:

— The treatment of migrants & refugees

— Criminal Immigration

— How the radical right-wing politicized and took advantage of the death of Laken Riley when in reality they really didn’t give a single, solitary care about her — taking advantage of and using her death as a political football.

With this, our 95th episode, we are now heard in 122 countries around the globe.

Again, we challenge you to listen and think critically to this episode.

With the recent passing of Pope Francis, at the age of 88, on Monday April 21st -- the day after the Christian world celebrates Easter — we wanted to examine in-depth the “theory” of those people who claim to be “Christian” yet use race, color and country of origin as a sledge-hammer for fascism.

Whether they claim to be:

— Christian Nationalists

— Christian Fascists

— Christian Conservatives

— Evangelicals

You name it … people who claim to be “doing the work of Jesus Christ” while steadily:

— Denigrating

— Persecuting and prosecuting migrants … the foreign born

— LGBTQ individuals and

— People of color.

“Othering” pretty much everyone who isn’t them.

April 30th marked 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term — over the past three months, the president has issued more than 100 executive orders that aim to bypass Congress and change policy through unilateral action. His administration has:

— Imposed sweeping tariffs on virtually every country in the world

— Withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization

— Declared a national emergency at the southern border

— It has purported to rewrite election rules and end birthright citizenship.

— It is attacking major law firms and universities and much, much more.

But we ask, has this flurry of orders affected fundamental change?

To date, there have already been 46 challenges to executive orders pending in court, and the administration has had no outright victory in any of them. Judges appointed by presidents of both parties have put the brakes on Trump’s fascist plans for change.

Will the courts continue to thwart his lawless agenda?

This is a pivotal moment in the history of this country that will affect it for all time going forward — as the Trump administration strives to keep the politics of fear and panic alive.

Without fear or favor we follow the facts and tackle the topics that touch your lives.

Tune in for all of the explosive details. Follow our sponsors: Newsly & Feedspot.

Promised links found within the body of the podcast audio file:

Criminal Alien Statistics | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Letter of The Holy Father Francis to the Bishops of the United States Of America - The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)

We want to hear from you!

  continue reading

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