in Tornillo, Texas, near the Mexican border, Thursday, June 21, 2018.

Legal Hurdles for Families Separated at the Border

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 12, 2018

Lenni Benson, professor of immigration law at the New York Law School and founder of their Safe Passage Project, which works with volunteer attorneys and students to provide representation of unaccompanied minors in the immigration process, and Alexandra Rizio, senior staff attorney at Safe Passage Project, join the conversation to talk about the legal process of reuniting separated children in the New York area with their parents.

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