We Deserve to Know What is Happening

We Deserve to Know What is Happening

From Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

June 7, 2026 · 13 min

About this episode

The episode discusses recent Senate actions regarding ICE and CBP funding, whistleblower claims, and the rising number of immigrant deaths in detention, alongside a historical reflection on D-Day.

June 6, 2026 Senate Republicans passed a measure providing additional funding to ICE and CBP, without any of the reforms Democrats had demanded, ICE and CBP will be funded through the end of Trump’s term no matter the outcome of the midterm elections, There has been no public accounting of how the funds for ICE and CBP are being spent, Democratic amendments caused an 18 hour debate that forced Republicans to vote against measures that are popular, making their stands clear, A whistleblower says that DOGE planned to make immigrants self deport by declaring 2.7 million of them dead, The number of deaths of immigrants in detention is rising, Sen Andy Kim of New Jersey is keeping attention on what is happening at Delaney Hall detention center, but ICE is impeding oversight, Secretary of Defense Hegseth was in France for the anniversary of D-Day, where he perverted the commemoration in a speech which advanced the ideas on which fascism was based, We remember Winston Churchill, who promised that those who care about freedom and self determination would never stop fighting the Nazis. Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ- Get full…

People in this episode

Host: Heather Cox Richardson

Topics covered

  • immigration policy
  • funding
  • political debate
  • whistleblower
  • detention centers
  • historical commemoration

Keywords

  • ICE
  • CBP
  • Senate Republicans
  • whistleblower
  • immigrant deaths
  • D-Day
  • Winston Churchill
  • political debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, CBP, DOGE, Secretary of Defense Hegseth

Places: New Jersey, Delaney Hall detention center

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