It's Tuesday, March 18th.
I'm Jane Coston and this is what'a the show that found out
that Mercury is in retrograde until April 7,
which checks out despite me not knowing what that means.
On today's show,
President Donald Trump dismantles Voice of America and the administration expels South Africa's ambassador to the US but first,
let's start with immigration,
because it's been a scary few days for a lot of people living in the US who aren't citizens,
whether they're here illegally on a green card or visa or they're undocumented or you just happen to love those people very much.
On Monday,
the Trump administration doubled down on its decision over the weekend to deport more than 250 migrants,
mostly Venezuelans.
About half of them were removed under the Alien Enemies Act,
a centuries old law President Donald Trump has invoked to deport suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren.
Trump was asked about his use of the wartime law to deport migrants with little to no due process.
Speaking on Air Force One Monday, the president said, this is a war.
In many respects, it's more dangerous than war because, you know,
in war they have uniforms, you know who you're shooting.
At, you know who you're going after.
So it's not a war.