Michelle Obama is most fearful of this Trump administration policy: Keeps me up at night

Former first lady Michelle Obama voiced deep concerns about what’s happening to migrants under President Trump’s aggressive deportation policy, railing against its impact on her home city of Chicago.During a conversation about race and fear, the former first lady acknowledged that she has a pretty protected lifestyle, while fretting that everyday people living outside her bubble might be suffering.“In this current climate, for me it’s what’s happening to immigrants,” Obama, 61, told “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” during a podcast episode that dropped Monday when asked her most “recent test of fear.” “It’s not the fear for myself anymore,” she continued.

“I drive around in a four-car motorcade with a police escort.I’m Michelle Obama.

I do still worry about my daughters in the world, even though they are somewhat recognizable.”She stressed that “my fears are for what I know is happening out there in streets all over the city.”Obama was joined during the interview by her brother, Craig Robinson, who recounted trauma from when a black police officer accused him of stealing a fancy new bike when he was a kid.She drew parallels to his experience and what she believes migrants are enduring in today’s environment.“There’s so much bias and so much racism and so much ignorance that fuels those kind of choices,” she bemoaned.

“I worry for people of color all over this country, and I don’t know that we will have the advocates to protect everybody.“And that … frightens me, it keeps me up at night,” she added.“How do you how do you feel comfortable going to work, going to school, when you know that there could be people out here judging you and who could upend your life in a second — that’s who I worry for right now.”Obama declined to mention Trump by name or delve deep into her concerns about migrants’ well-being in the US while taking thinly veiled swipes against his administration’s policies.However, she vague...