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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Mass deportations of people in the country without legal status could begin as soon as next week. That's what President-elect Donald Trump has promised over the past few months of his inauguration on Monday. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports immigrant rights groups are bracing for Trump's actions.
National and local organizations advocating for immigrants say they are anticipating a range of scenarios.
We are prepared to meet the impending Trump administration head on.
Felicia Gomez, a senior policy advocate at the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, says her group has led Know Your Rights training for migrants in different languages. It's also putting in teams to respond rapidly to potential at-home and workplace raids. Trump has said he will start mass deportations on day one.
According to an NPR-PBS News Marist poll released this week, 49% of Americans approve of mass deportations. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Washington.
President Biden says he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to be part of the Constitution. His declaration is a symbolic one. The National Archives says the amendment can't be certified without further action from Congress or the courts. Here's NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben.
In a statement, Biden declared the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law, regardless of their sex. Congress originally passed the ERA in 1972, but the required 38 states had not ratified it by a 1982 deadline. States continued ratifying it, though, and in 2020, Virginia became the 38th.
Senior administration officials told reporters that Biden wants the archivist to publish the amendment, a crucial final hurdle for it. However, they said he is not directing her to do so. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
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