Scams Target Undocumented Immigrants

Midday on WNYC | Aug 29, 2018

Micah Hauser’s new report in the September 2018 issue of Harper’s Magazine titled, “The Deportation Racket,” takes a close look at how “con artists are preying on undocumented immigrants in detention.” Hauser reveals how this problem, which existed well before our current immigration crisis, is difficult to regulate in our complicated immigration system.

This segment is guest hosted by Beth Fertig.

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