::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

By Mona Austin On Thursday, Pres. Trump rolled out the tenants of a new immigration plan, the Immigration Modernization Act, looking toward fulfilling it in a possible second term.  Many of the details were a reiteration of the GOP's views on immigration reform, but surprisingly there were no glaring cries for a border wall to be built as per the usual rallying cry that nudges the Republican base.  Yet,  border security remains a priority in the immigration reform effort.   "W e’re already building the wall, and we should have close to 400 miles built by the end of next year, and probably even more than that."  The president said he wants to adopt a universal admission standard that will stop "asylum abuse" with a point system he described as "merit and heart" based.  The Democrats have already begun to call it  a campaign speech noticing the difference in tone.  A USA Today article called the plan dead-on-arrival even before he rolled...

buzzz worthy. . . Gwen Ifill, 1955-2016 Veteran journalist Gwen Ifill has died at the age of 61.  Ifill secretly battled cancer and died in hospice care on November 14, 2016. The long-time co-anchor  of PBS New Hour (with  Judy Woodruff  )   spent over 30 years in the field of journalism with a heavy concentration in politics.  She was a debate moderator for  the 2004, 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, moderating vice presidential debates. As she came up the ranks from her start as a newspaper reporter, it was rare to see a black woman anchoring a political news oriented program.  She  served as the host of Washington Week to tackle serious issues of the day. Ifill was born in Queens to a Panamanian father who became and AME pastor and mother from Barbados.  The Washington Post reports in the Ifill household as a child news was like a second religion. Condolences and statements from President Obama to members of ...