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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Supreme Court to hear major cases on asylum seekers and border wall funding

    The Supreme Court this morning agreed to take up two big immigration cases this term. One deals with whether the Trump administration can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases are being determined.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 19, 2020 • 9m Listen

    The Supreme Court this morning agreed to take up two big immigration cases this term. One deals with whether the Trump administration can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases are being determined. The other will look at whether Trump can divert billions of dollars in funding for the military to build the wall.

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    2 of 5
    What are the Dodgers’ chances of winning the World Series?
    1. 0:00How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have contributed to COVID spikes in the Midwest
    2. 7:22Supreme Court to hear major cases on asylum seekers and border wall fundingYou’re reading this
    3. 16:41Previewing the World Series: LA Dodgers v. Tampa Bay Rays
    4. 26:08Rapper Oddisee on protesting via music, and how his parents prepared him for COVID and US politics
    5. 44:12The Target in Hollywood is now built. But for years, it was a husk with a social media account
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