DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY DIGEST; Debate: Are Trump’s Ties to Russia a Dangerous Security Issue or Critics' Fodder for New Red Scare? 6MAR17

Meet Jocelyn Avelica, Whose Dad Was Detained by ICE While Driving his Daughter to School & Advocate: We Expect Trump's New Muslim Travel Ban Will Be As Unlawful As First Executive Order & more

Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González

Monday, March 6, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Debate: Are Trump’s Ties to Russia a Dangerous Security Issue or Critics' Fodder for New Red Scare? The ongoing mystery of Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election took an unexpected turn early Saturday morning when President Trump took to Twitter, writing:  ... Read More → Meet Jocelyn Avelica, Whose Dad Was Detained by ICE While Driving his Daughter to School On Tuesday morning, Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez and his wife were driving their 13-year-old daughter Fatima to her school in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood  ... Read More → Advocate: We Expect Trump's New Muslim Travel Ban Will Be As Unlawful As First Executive Order President Trump is expected to issue a new executive order temporarily banning all refugees, as well as people from six majority Muslim countries, from entering the ... Read More → Advocate: DHS Proposal to Split Children from Parents at U.S. Border is "State-Sanctioned Violence" The Department of Homeland Security is considering a proposal to radically shift how federal agents treat undocumented families—including asylum seekers— ... Read More → Headlines → Trump Claims Without Evidence Obama Tapped His Phones During Campaign White House Under Continued Scrutiny over Communications with Russian Officials Reuters: DHS Considering Plan to Separate Mothers from Children at Border Lawsuit: GEO Group Violated Anti-Slavery Laws by Forcing Imprisoned Immigrants to Work for $1 a Day Trump Expected to Issue Revised Travel Ban Today Lawyers: Afghan Family with Visas Detained Illegally at L.A. Airport Sikh Man Shot & Injured by Man Yelling "Go Home to Your Country" At Oklahoma Capitol, Muslim Students Asked if They Beat Their Wives NYT: Trump Admin Has Rolled Back 90 Regulations over Last 6 Weeks Clashes in Berkeley as Some Pro-Trump Protesters Arrive at Rally with Knives & Batons U.S. Military Carries Out 30 Airstrikes in Yemen U.N. Report: Mexican Police Routinely Use Torture to Gain Confessions Arkansas Planning to Execute 8 Men over 10 Days U.N. Report Criticizes U.S. Government over Handling of Dakota Access Pipeline AG Sessions Recuses Himself from Russia Probe Amid Calls to Resign Two Top Trump Advisers Met Russian Ambassador in December 2016 Sen. Rand Paul Searches Unsuccessfully for Obamacare Replacement Bill Top U.N. Climate Official Denied Meeting with U.S. Secretary of State NYT: White House Split over Trump Pledge to Cancel Paris Climate Deal