Federal judge grants temporary reprieve for Ohio’s Haitian immigrants | Reporters Roundtable

Описание: Springfield, near Dayton, is on edge after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., this week blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end temporary protected status for about 15,000 Haitian immigrants in the area. The ruling is expected to be appealed. How long will the reprieve last? And will a surge in federal immigration enforcement follow?

We will begin Friday’s “Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable” with a discussion in how officials are responding to reports of a potential immigration enforcement surge, and what residents are doing to prepare for the worse.

Former Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze pleaded guilty to a felony count of tampering with records, acknowledging she steered a divorce case to her own docket and made it appear the assignment was random. She then appointed a close friend as a receiver, a role that had earned the friend hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.

The bribery trial of two top FirstEnergy executives began in Akron. In opening statements, defense attorneys argued that payments made to the state’s top utilities regulator were legitimate business expenses and portrayed the regulator — who later died by suicide — as a corrupt official who stole the money.

Cleveland will take a new approach to responding to mental health crises, one that does not involve police, after City Council passed Tanisha’s Law.

And the Cavaliers shaved three players in recent trades and added a new beard.

Guests:
Josh Boose, Supervising Producer - Newscasts, Ideastream Public Media
Abbey Marshall, Reporter/Producer, Ideastream Public Media
Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau Chief, Ohio Public Radio/TV