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- Cesar Bautista Sanchezcampaign director at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition.
- Bob Phillipsexecutive director of Common Cause North Carolina, a statewide nonpartisan organization advocating for voting rights for all citizens.
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The death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached 190 as fallout from the storm becomes clearer. Hundreds remain missing and presumed dead. President Biden has ordered the Pentagon to deploy 1,000 active-duty troops to help with flood relief efforts. Power outages and water shortages remain rampant across six southeastern states hit by one of the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history. Democracy Now! speaks with immigrant rights activist Cesar Bautista Sanchez about how the storm has affected his area of Tennessee and the increasing danger of extreme weather events under the climate crisis. “This is starting to become a pattern,” says Bautista Sanchez.
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