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Leqaa Kordia and the mass detention program

With leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security, how have conditions changed for migrants in detention centers?

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

March 17, 202621m 38s

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Show Notes

With leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security, how have conditions changed for migrants in detention centers?

On Today's Show:
Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis (Penguin Press, 2024), talks about the scale of the U.S. immigrant detention program, health and safety issues and expansion plans, following the firing of DHS Sec. Kristi Noem.

Topics

politicsimmigrationcbpkristi_noemicedetention_centerhomeland_securitytrumpdhsmigrants