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What Next - How Closed Is the Border?

What Next - How Closed Is the Border?

Trump’s executive orders will narrow the legal paths to America. So does that mean more illegal immigration?

Slate News · Slate Podcasts

January 23, 202523m 13s

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Show Notes

Donald Trump talked a lot about immigration while on the campaign trail and as his second term begins, he’s getting to work: declaring a national emergency on the border, designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations, and partially suspending asylum and refugee programs.


Guests:

Jose Olivares, investigative journalist and immigration reporter.

Arelis Hernandez, immigration reporter at the Washington Post, based in Texas.


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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.


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