This Saturday in #nerdland: An End to Conversion Therapy. President Obama is calling for it … and Melissa will talk to two people who have been through it.
Next, just imagine this scenario: You get notice to pack up and leave. Leave the only country you’ve ever known. Fly to another where you don’t speak the language, where you don’t have any job prospects, resources, family, or friends. Where you don’t know anyone. Leave your family behind—and you can’t come back.
Adam Crapser arrived in the United States at the age of three as a Korean transnational adoptee. Now, at age 40, he is facing deportation because U.S. immigration may send him back to Korea. Growing up in an abusive home, his adoptive parents never filed for his citizenship. Adam, a father of three with another baby on the way, is in a nightmare immigration battle and joins us to share his story.
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Also on Saturday, the long wait of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch continues. Republicans, namely Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, stand in the way of a confirmation vote being called … but what if Lynch has a secret weapon fighting to ensure her confirmation? We’ll be joined by Paulette Walker, national president and CEO of Delta Sigma Theta.









