30 Issues: Immigration, Asylum and the Border

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 29, 2022

Caitlin Dickerson, staff writer at The Atlantic, spent 18 months investigating the Trump administration's family separation policy at the border. She joins us to discuss her reporting, Democrats' struggle to come up with a detailed immigration plan, and how immigration, political asylum and the border are playing out as issues today as midterm elections loom.

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