After 'Unnecessarily Cruel' ICE Detention; Thursday Morning Politics; Amazon Takes on Health Care; Crime in NYC is Down

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 1, 2018

Coming up on today's show:

  • Ravi Ragbir, immigration activist and executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition in New York, and Amy Gottlieb, Ragbir's wife and an immigrant rights activist and attorney discuss Ragbir's recent arrest and legal battle with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and talk about President Trump's stance on immigration. 

  • Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of USA TODAY, discusses the latest in national political news.

  • Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Warren Buffett are joining forces to do something about their workers’ health care. Paul Demko, a healthcare reporter for POLITICO Pro, who covers the insurance industry, talks about what that means and how it could upend the industry.

  • Patrick Sharkey, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at New York University, scientific director of Crime Lab New York, and the author of Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence (W. W. Norton & Company, 2018). 

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