Here To Stay

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 17, 2012

President Obama has announced a new policy on deportation of immigrants. Don Lyster of the National Immigration Law Center and Allan Wernick of CUNY Citizenship Now! field questions on how the policy may be implemented and what it means for local immigrant communities. Plus: Jeffrey Rosen of The New Republic gives an update on the Supreme Court decisions yet to be announced; and the Democratic candidates for the 13th Congressional district (Charles Rangel; Adriano Espaillat; Craig Schley; Joyce Johnson; and Clyde Edward Williams, Jr.) make their case for why they should win the June 26th primary.

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