Border security and campaign promises

Hosted by Barbara Bogaev • Mar. 31, 2017 National

President Trump has promised tightened borders and a big beautiful wall. Guest host Barbara Bogaev looks at two tent-poles of the President's immigration policy: extreme vetting of visa applicants and building the US-Mexico border wall.

Photo: Street vendors at the pedestrian border crossing in Tijuana, with the US-Mexico barrier at their backs.(Toksave)

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Credits

Host:
Barbara Bogaev

Producers:
Katie Cooper, Christine Detz, Evan George

Border security and campaign promises

President Trump takes aim at trade with two executive orders

Is extreme vetting Trump's invisible wall?

Making it easier for states to defund Planned Parenthood

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