Interviews with White House Border Czar; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries; Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Leiter; Independent Congressman Kevin Kiley and Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell

About this episode

Dana Bash interviews various political figures about immigration policy and current events.

On CNN’s State of the Union, Dana Bash presses White House Border Czar Tom Homan over the White House’s new plan to send ICE agents into US airports to support TSA. Next, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries responds, telling Dana that’s “the last thing that the American people need.” After, Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Leither sits down with Dana to discuss the escalating war with Iran and whether the US and Israel are on the same page. After, Independent Congressman Kevin Kiley, Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, CNN Senior Political Commentator David Urban and CNN Political Commentator Ashley Allison join Dana to debate the White House plan to send ICE into airports. Finally, Dana responds to President Trump celebrating the death of former FBI Director and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dana Bash

Guests: Tom Homan, Hakeem Jeffries, Michael Leiter, Kevin Kiley, Debbie Dingell

Topics covered

• border security
• politics
• US-Israel relations
• immigration policy
• Congressional debate
• Trump news

Keywords

• border czar
• ICE agents
• TSA
• Iran war
• Congress
• Trump
• Mueller

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, ICE, TSA, FBI

Places: US, Israel, Iran

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