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Migrant Families Are Still Being Separated

Less has changed at the border than President Joe Biden might have hoped.

Episode Notes

After four years of President Donald Trump’s harsh immigration policies, many advocates for Central American migrants welcomed a change in administration. But after two months in office, President Joe Biden has given a clear message to people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border: “Don’t come.” Still, thousands of people, including an increasing number of unaccompanied children, are making the trek and forcing Biden to face his first big immigration test.

Guest: Adolfo Flores, national security correspondent for immigration at BuzzFeed.

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