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Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley utilized a conception astir UConn Huskies prima Alex Karaban to spell connected a governmental rant during CBS’ broadcast of March Madness connected Sunday.
CBS featured Karaban successful a portion astir his family. His mother, Olga, came to Massachusetts from Ukraine pinch her parents and grandparents successful 1996. His father, Alexei, immigrated to nan U.S. from Belarus connected a activity visa successful 2001.
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UConn guardant Alex Karaban (11) speaks during a property convention up of a crippled against Duke successful nan Elite Eight of nan NCAA assemblage hoops tourney Saturday, March 28, 2026, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
After nan conception aired, Barkley lamented nan alleged curen of legal immigrants.
"I want to beryllium observant pinch my words correct now because this is simply a really touchy taxable for me," he said. "I emotion that kid and his family, but nan measurement immoderate of these different immigrants are getting treated successful our state correct now is simply a travesty and a disgrace. I deliberation there’s a quality betwixt astonishing immigrants and criminal immigrants. I deliberation what’s going connected successful our country, what we’re doing to immoderate of these astonishing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad.
"And that’s a awesome migrant story. We person a batch of awesome migrant stories retired location that their stories request to beryllium told but immoderate of nan worldly that’s happening to immigrants successful our state correct now is really unfortunate and it’s really unfair. But immigrants built this state and we should respect them and respect them."
Former NBA subordinate Charles Barkley during a pro-am anterior to Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard astatine Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge connected March 4, 2026 successful Orlando, Florida. (Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)
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Barkley didn’t mention immoderate illustration of ineligible immigrants being treated poorly successful nan U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has routinely announces arrests of criminal forbidden immigrants who person been accused of heinous crimes successful nan U.S.
Still, DHS and agencies for illustration Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) routinely travel nether occurrence for their strategies successful arresting forbidden immigrants.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered caller disapproval of ICE up of a "No Kings" rally.
"We're making clear that nary 1 is supra nan rule successful this city, that everyone has to travel nan norm of law," Mamdani said. "I person made clear to nan president, some successful our backstage conversations and our nationalist conversations, astir nan truth that I judge that ICE is simply a rogue agency."
Protesters clasp up a "Stop ICE" motion aft being removed from nan building by Seattle Police during a bill-signing arena pinch Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson regarding limiting facial coverings connected rule enforcement officers and making it a crime to impersonate a bid officer, Thursday, March 19, 2026, successful Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Mamdani added that he believes ICE is "reckless" and "delivers thing toward nan furthering of nan origin of nationalist safety."
Fox News’ Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
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