Democracy Now! April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

A shocking new PBS documentary exposes the tasing and beating death of a Mexican immigrant by US border agents in California, and renews scrutiny of what critics call a culture of impunity. And in part two of Democracy Now's interview with Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West, they discuss American poverty and their own experiences of growing up in working-class households. Plus headlines, and more.

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Anastasio Hernández-Rojas

In May 2010, 32-year-old Anastasio Hernández-Rojas was caught by US border patrol agents trying to enter the United States from Mexico near San Diego. He was detained and later died in custody. Witnesses claim border patrol agents beat him while he was handcuffed and tasered h... Explore this topic

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion, aired by more than 1000 radio, television, satellite and cable TV networks in North America. The award-winning one hour War and Peace Report is host... Explore this topic

Immigration

Immigration is the movement of people into a different country in order to settle there. Immigration is made for many reasons, including temperature, breeding, economic, political, family re-unification, natural disaster, poverty or the wish to change one's surroundings volunt... Explore this topic

Illegal Immigration

Illegal immigration, also referred to as undocumented immigration or irregular immigration, is migration into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country. Illegal immigration raises many political, economic and social issues and has become a source of major ... Explore this topic

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security, responsible for identifying, investigating, and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportati... Explore this topic

US Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs, and imm... Explore this topic

Mexico – United States border

Государственная граница США Explore this topic

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host, author, liberal political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as a... Explore this topic

Cornel West

Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, academic, activist, author, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is a 1973 graduate of Harvard University and received his PhD at Princeton University. He is currently a professor of African American ... Explore this topic

United States

The United States of America, commonly called the United States, or America, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capi... Explore this topic

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Mexico – United States border

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