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Fox News host Tucker Carlson began his show Tuesday by debating with an illegal immigrant on the issues of immigration reform and Mondays violent May Day protests and it went about as well as could be expected.

Speaking withjournalist Jose Antonio Vargas, an illegal immigrant from the Philippines, Carlson wanted to know why the American political left so readily embraces violence.

But instead of answering the question, Vargas immediately pushed back over Carlsons word choice.

I dont know if weve talked to all of those people protesting and asked them if all of them arefrom the left, Vargas said using air quotes. How do you know that? Did you talk to all of those people?

Those shouting left-wing slogans are left-wing, Carlson shot back. Almost all of the political violence in the past five months has been perpetrated by the left in the name of fighting against fascism.

Well first of all, I really take offense to the very simplistic left and right way youre framing this. It suits your viewers and Fox News, but it doesnt suit reality, Vargas replied.

Carlson explained that in the U.S.right now its only a subset of the left that uses violence as a means to obtain and advocate their political goals.

Im merely saying: Where are people who agree with these folks standing up and saying, Youre not allowed to block traffic. You cant break things, you cant set fires? Carlson asked. Its pretty simple.

Vargas, however, didnt answer the question and began to steer the debate toward immigration.

What I can tell you is that for many of us this issue is, not just political, its personal, Vargas said. Were talking about millions of people who are related to undocumented immigrants that you call criminal every day.

I, as a person, am not illegal, he explained.

Carlson explained that when someone says illegal immigrant, theyre not deeming the immigrant as a bad person, just simply stating that the immigrants status is in violation of the law.

He then pressed Vargas over whether or not he believes Americans should have a say in immigration policy, given that people born in the U.S. see their country changing and becoming really chaotic.

Your argument appears to be that they have noright to have a say in who comes here, Carlson said. Youre here illegally, and youre basically saying: I dare you to do something about it.

Carlson went on to statethat he doesnt believe illegal immigrants should have a say in American immigration policy given their legal status.But Vargas again took issue with Carlsons words.

Im not from Mars, he said, noting his disagreementwith Carlsons use ofthe words illegal and alien to describe illegal immigrants.

Toward the end of the interview, Carlson pressed Vargas for nearly two minutes over how many immigrants the U.S. should allow in each year. But Vargas failed to give Carlson a real answer citing a lack of time.

Ill give you eight minutes next time to tell me the number, Carlson said before ending the interview.

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Dorothy Lifka, Des Moines, Letter to the Editor 6:22 p.m. CT May 3, 2017

Drake student Kenia Ornelas of Des Moines, a DREAMer and undocumented immigrant, leads a group of protesters in a chant Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, outside of a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Hy-Vee Hall in downtown Des Moines.(Photo: Michael Zamora/The Register)Buy Photo

The editorial board of the Des Moines Register has it right: Congress should finally pass immigration reform. And a good place to start would be with the "Dreamers" or children and young adults registered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivalsprogram.

Editorial: Congress should finally pass immigration reform

Because the Dreamers were brought to the United States as children (before they could make such a decision on their own), they, themselves, broke no law coming here. As part of registering for DACA, they voluntarily revealed their undocumented status; and to qualify for DACA status, they have to be in school, have completed high school or have participated in the U.S. Armed Forces; and they can't have been convicted of committing any felonies or significant or multiple misdemeanors.

In other words, these are children and young adults who aspire to the American dream: to get an education, to work, and to do well for themselves and their families. They deserve the chance to do so.

Dorothy Lifka, Des Moines

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After several months of speculation, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that Julie Kirchner, the former executive director of the hardline anti-immigrant group Federation for American Immigration Reform, will take a top spot at US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Kirchner's appointment as ombudsman at USCISwhich processes visa and naturalization petitions, as well as asylum and refugee applicationsis yet another move signaling that the Trump administration won't be relaxing its crackdown on immigrants anytime soon.

In August 2015, Kirchner left FAIR, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified as a "hate group," to work as an immigration adviser on the Trump campaign. She later served "a temporary political appointment"atCustoms and Border Protection shortly after the election. Since then, the White House has rolled out its "Muslim ban," requested bids for the border wall with Mexico, and clamped down on immigration of all kinds.

According to the DHS press release, as ombudsman Kirchner will be responsible for "improving the quality of citizenship and immigration services" and "making recommendations to improve the administration of immigration benefits." The release states that "theOmbudsman is an impartial and confidential resource that is independent of USCIS." As I reported in February when rumors circulated that Kirchner would be appointed as chief of staff of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), she has a long history of promoting an anti-immigrant agenda:

Like Trump, Kirchner has characterized immigrants and refugees as dangerous and costly.Last September, Breitbart published parts of a statement written by Kirchner, who was then working as an adviser to the Trump campaign. "Before President Obama's failed presidency comes to an end, he is trying to force Americans to accept 30 percent more refugeesproviding ISIS a path for their terrorists to enter the country," she claimed. "In recent years, hundreds of foreign born terrorists have been apprehended in the United States alone." She also wrote that "instead of providing free healthcare to millions of refugees, we must focus on rebuilding our inner cities and bringing jobs back to America."

Kirchner joined FAIR in 2005 as its director of government relations. In 2007, she became the organization's executive director. During her tenure, FAIR launched aninitiativeto end the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship provision, which grants citizenship to all children born on American soil, regardless of whether their parents are legal residents. In 2010, FAIR's legal arm, the Immigration Reform Law Institute,had a hand incraftingArizona Senate Bill 1070, which required police to detain individuals suspected of being illegal immigrants and made it a misdemeanor for immigrants not to carry their immigration papers. (The Supreme Court subsequently foundmostof SB 1070's provisions unconstitutional.)

Kirchner is one of several anti-immigrant hardliners to join the administration since the election. John Feere, formerly of the Center for Immigration Studies, now works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Stephen Miller, who worked to defeat immigration reform as a Senate staffer to current Attorney General Jeff Sessions, is now a White House senior adviser. And former Breitbart reporter Julia Hahnwhom Weekly Standard editor-at-large William Kristol called "Bannon's Bannon"is now a special assistant to the president.

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The United States, indeed the whole world, wasnt quite sure what to expect when Donald Trump took the oath of office of perhaps the most powerful nation in the world. Now, with Trumps first few months in office behind him, the picture is becoming a little clearer.

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To help analyze that question, our two guests share a lifetime of on-the-ground involvement in the Washington D.C. arena.

Our first guest is Steve Dittmer, who has nearly 30 years experience in management, marketing, and communications in the beef industry. Currently, Steve is the executive vice president of the Agribusiness Freedom Foundation, which provides information and analysis for food chain participants

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KREM 2's Amanda Roley reports from downtown Spokane on May Day, where protesters took to the streets to argue for immigration reform. The march remained peaceful. (5-1-17)

Amanda Roley , KREM 5:33 PM. PDT May 01, 2017

SPOKANE, Wash. --- Protesters took to the streets of Downtown Spokane on Monday to march for immigration reform.

The Eastern Washington University student club MEChA planned the protest. MEChA is an acronym for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan and is part of a larger national student organization.

Spokane Falls Boulevard, Stevens and Main Street were all blocked off for the march, which started at the clock tower in Riverfront Park.

Two, four, six, eight, Spokane is too great to hate, chanted demonstrators.

The March for immigration reform is being put on by the EWU student club MEChA. They'll be passing out signs soon. @KREM2 #MayDay2017 pic.twitter.com/hYlZivSt6x

The demonstrations on May Day, celebrated as International Workers' Day, follow similar actions worldwide in which protesters from the Philippines to Paris demanded better working conditions, the Associated Press reported. But the widespread protests in the United States were aimed directly at the new Republican president, who has followed aggressive anti-immigrant rhetoric on the campaign trail with aggressive action in the White House.

One protester told KREM 2 he is undocumented, along with his family, after overstaying their visas when he was very young.

Im here to say deportations are no longer an acceptable form of dealing with immigration issues in this country, he said when asked why he was attending the protest. Everyone is needed and all of us are contributing to the economy and to our community.

Whether you agree or disagree with how 11 million people became undocumented, the point is that we all depend on each other, he said. If Im being deported, if millions of people are going to be deported as President Trump has suggested, thats going to be millions of people and taxpayers that wont be able to contribute to our community.

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