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What鈥檚 going on at the US-Mexico border?

President Trump says the situation is a national emergency. Is he right?

The number of undocumented migrants captured at the US Mexico border has reached a decade-long high, with the government predicting that the number will continue to rise. President Trump says the situation at the border is a national emergency. So, is he right? Ritula Shah is joined by three expert guests to discuss what鈥檚 going on at America鈥檚 southern border. How many people are really crossing it. And - is the asylum system working, or broken, or just under strain?

(Photo: Mexican children at the US border. Credited: Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sat 16 Mar 2019 04:06GMT
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Contributors

Jean Guerrero - Investigative journalist based in San Diego, California

Tracie L. Klinke - Immigration attorney in Atlanta, Georgia and member of AILA

Michael J Fisher - Head of United States Border Patrol from 2010 to 2015

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Fernanda Echavarri - Reporter for聽Mother Jones magazine

Dr. Katherine Ratzan Peeler - Physicians for Human Rights' Asylum Network

Rep. Mike Lang - Republican member of the Homeland Security Committee in the Texas state legislature


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  • Fri 15 Mar 2019 09:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
  • Sat 16 Mar 2019 00:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service
  • Sat 16 Mar 2019 04:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service

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