The Lives Ruined by Trump's Deportation Machine

The Lives Ruined by Trump's Deportation Machine

Trump campaigned on deporting dangerous criminals, but in his administration’s haste to deliver on that promise, men with no criminal records or who are in the United States legally have been taken to a prison in El Salvador, which even the administration admits was a mistake.


Guests:

Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at the New Yorker, author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis.


Nick Miroff, staff writer for The Atlantic covering immigration.


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