We round up the latest in politics - President Trump's new extensive plan on immigration enforcement, his new pick for National Security Advisor, SCOTUS hearings and more; how hackers can steal your personal information as you charge your phone in public; we talk to Tony Fletcher about the life of singer Wilson Pickett; and more.
This week in politics: What to make of revised DHS deportation policies, expectations for the president’s new national security adviser and more
The Trump Administration has just laid out a much more extensive plan for immigration enforcement than the one currently in place.
Many more immigrants suspected of entering illegally will be detained or immediately deported. Federal agents will have expanded discretion over who's a risk to the public. The Border Patrol and ICE would see big expansions, and there would be a significant increase in the categories of offenses, or suspected offenses, that ID someone for deportation.
Meanwhile, after being turned down by his original pick to replace former national security adviser Lt. Gen. (ret.) Michael Flynn, President Trump found his man in Lt. Gen H. R. McMaster, a veteran of the Persian Gulf and second Iraq wars and a widely-respected military scholar and strategist.
Larry and a couple of our Monday roundtable regulars will recap what you might have missed over the long weekend and look ahead to what to expect this week.
Guests:
Steve Camarota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies based in DC
Ahilan Arulanantham, legal director and director of advocacy at the ACLU of Southern California
Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University
Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies; he is a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets
Mexican couple asks Supreme Court for right to sue over border agent killing their son
Today at the Supreme Court, a Mexican couple is seeking the right to sue over the killing of their teenage son by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the U.S.-Mexican border.
Justice Anthony Kennedy and other conservative justices suggested during argument Tuesday that the boy's death on the Mexican side of the border was enough to keep the matter out of U.S. courts.
The four liberal justices indicated they would support the parents' lawsuit because the shooting happened close to the border in an area in which the two nations share responsibility for upkeep.
The case arose from an incident that took place in June 2010 in the cement culvert that separates El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
The circumstances of exactly what occurred are in dispute, but what is clear is that the agent was on the U.S. side of the border when he fired his gun, striking Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca on the Mexican side.
A 4-4 tie could cause the court to hold onto the case and schedule a new round of argument if Judge Neil Gorsuch is confirmed as the ninth justice.
With files from the Associated Press.
Guests:
Steve Vladeck, professor of law at Texas University School of Law; his teaching and research focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, and national security law; he is co-counsel for the Hernandez family
Andrew Kent, professor of law at Fordham University School of Law; his teaching includes constitutional law, foreign relations law, federal courts and procedure, national security law and public international law
‘Juice-jacking:’ how hackers steal your private data from public charging stations
Before fighting everyone in the room to plug your smartphone into the communal charger: please don’t.
Or at least, beware.
Coffee shops, airports and almost every other kind of public meeting space have become regular safe havens whenever we’re desperate for that extra juice. But with the ubiquity of USB ports built into today’s phone chargers, this flow of “juice” isn’t just power anymore - it’s data. Important data.
All it takes is one easily disguised charging kiosk, or even a power strip, for hackers to hijack your charge, and once you’re juice-jacked, there’s little that can be done to stop it; from installing malware onto your device, to sucking out personal messages, photos and information - all for the simple cost of offering sweet-relief and a fully-powered phone. But how?
Host Larry Mantle speaks to Brian Markus, a leading expert on juice-jacking, about the risks of using these communal ports and helpful tips on protecting your personal information.
Guest:
Brian Markus, CEO of Aries Security; he co-invented the first “juice-jacking” demonstration at international hacking conference DEF CON in 2011
The life and times of singer Wilson Pickett
In a career spanning decades and some forty hits, Wilson Pickett was seen by many as the embodiment of soul music.
In the first-ever biography of Pickett’s life, writer Tony Fletcher interviewed members of the singer's family, friends and partners, along with dozens of his studio and touring musicians. Offering equal attention to Pickett's personal and professional life, with detailed insight into his legendary studio sessions and his combative road style, In the Midnight Hour: The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett is the essential telling of an epic life.
Guest:
Tony Fletcher, music journalist and author of many biographies, including his latest “In the Midnight Hour: The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett” (Oxford University Press, 2017)