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dpatop - 26 November 2018, Mexico, Tijuana: Migrants face security forces on the border with the USA. In the Mexican border town of Tijuana, numerous migrants have tried to illegally cross the border to the USA. Photo by: Omar Martinez/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Guests: Sarah Kinosian, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Anea B. Moore On Sunday, border patrol agents fired tear gas and rubb ...

Air Date: November 27, 2018 10:00 am

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Tear gas thrown by the U.S. Border Patrol is seen near the El Chaparral/San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday

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Politics & Policy

Fact check: What’s happening on the U.S.-Mexico border?

The situation at the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry has been chaotic and confusing in recent days.

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A migrant child sits outside a tent, taking shelter at the Jesus Martinez stadium in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Humanitarian aid converged around the stadium in Mexico City where thousands of Central American migrants winding their way toward the United States were resting Tuesday after an arduous trek that has taken them through three countries in three weeks. (Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)

The Why

Sane asylum

Kerri Kennedy and the Philly-based American Friends Service Committee recently went to Mexico to talk to members of the migrant caravan. Here's what she learned.

Air Date: November 26, 2018

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a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market

Community

Families with immigrant members report doing without food stamps in Philadelphia

Ever since the Trump administration took a tougher stand on immigration policies, service providers report immigrants are avoiding school visits and doctor offices.

6 years ago

Roy Daley, 74, with his wife, Ana Smith-Daley, 71, (left) and his daughter, Lucy Figueroa, 41, at StoryCorps in Austin, Texas. (Savannah Winchester/StoryCorps)

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Community

‘An opportunity to be thankful’: Reflecting on a first Thanksgiving in the U.S.

He immigrated with just two shirts and a change of pants to start his new life.

6 years ago

People wait in line outside the San Ysidro Port of Entry, between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, Calif., in October.

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Politics & Policy

Federal court blocks Trump administration’s asylum ban

The court said Trump's asylum ban violates existing law and would cause irreparable harm to immigrants.

6 years ago

Politics & Policy

N.J. finalizes $2.1M in aid for immigrants, Murphy says

New Jersey allocated more than $2 million to help immigrants facing deportation, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday.

6 years ago

Members of the migrant caravan walk to make requests for political asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border last week in Tijuana, Mexico (John Moore/Getty Images)

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Politics & Policy

Trump administration faces 2 legal challenges for asylum restrictions

President Trump's effort to limit the number of people seeking asylum in the United States will face legal challenges in two different federal courts on Monday.

6 years ago

Community

Quaker relief worker recounts helping migrants in caravan get through Mexico

A member of the Philadelphia-based American Friends Service Committee recounts her experiences doing relief work with the caravan of migrants passing through Mexico.

6 years ago

Migrant children who travel to the United States to be reunited with a parent often make the difficult journey alone. But reunification with a parent after years of separation rarely goes as smoothly as they expect. (Sara Wong for NPR)

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Migrant kids survive hardship to reunite with parents. Then what?

Years of separation, a history of grief and trauma, and the stresses of suddenly having to adapt to a new culture often get in the way.

6 years ago

Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Politics & Policy

Migrants won’t see armed U.S. soldiers on border

Still, for many migrants, the barriers and barbed wire were an imposing show of force.

6 years ago

Central American migrants rest outside a soccer stadium after arriving in Queretaro, Mexico, as they resume their journey north, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move toward the U.S. border Saturday, after dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked them to the outskirts of the capital and drivers began offering rides north. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Courts & Law

Migrant caravan heads to central Mexican city of Irapuato

The migrants appear to be on a path to Tijuana across the border from San Diego, which is still some 1,600 miles away.

6 years ago

A group of Central American migrants, representing the thousands participating in a caravan trying to reach the U.S. border, undertake an hours-long march to the office of the United Nations' humans rights body in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Members of the caravan which has stopped in Mexico City demanded buses Thursday to take them to the U.S. border, saying it is too cold and dangerous to continue walking and hitchhiking.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Politics & Policy

Trump limits asylum, says migrants must ‘come legally’

Trump issued an order Friday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the U.S.

6 years ago