Mosul Offensive, UNESCO Draft Resolution And Deportation Rules

By Worldview

Oct 18, 2016, 2:54pm CT

Iraqi forces are deployed during an offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants outside Mosul, Iraq on Oct. 17, 2016. Columns of Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes slowly advanced on Mosul from several directions on Monday, launching a long-awaited operation to retake Iraq's second largest city from the Islamic State group. Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press

Mosul Offensive, UNESCO Draft Resolution And Deportation Rules

By Worldview

Oct 18, 2016, 2:54pm CT

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On today’s show:

We talk about the military offensive to retake control of the city of Mosul in Iraq, as well as the humanitarian situation and the politics involved in the battle.
We discuss a UNESCO resolution that criticizes Israel for restricting Muslim access to the Jerusalem.
ACLU immigration attorney Ahilan Arulanantham wants to transform the way the U.S. government approaches people facing deportation. He joins us to discuss two cases he is trying right now could go a long way towards doing that.