Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Asylum seekers try to create order through one notebook
At the San Ysidro Port of Entry near Tijuana, asylum seekers use one notebook to keep track of who is next to enter and make their case for asylum.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAt the San Ysidro Port of Entry near Tijuana, asylum seekers use one notebook to keep track of who is next to enter and make their case for asylum. There are 2000 names on it -- people from all over the world, including Mexico, Central America, and Africa. Immigrants treat it like a “sacred totem.” But some suspect it’s not impartial.
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The full episode
1 of 4For asylum seekers, all eyes on one notebook- 0:00Asylum seekers try to create order through one notebookYou’re reading this
- 8:38Hunting meteorites lands a man in prison
- 19:52Noteworthy that 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' gives equal billing to a male and female superhero?
- 34:23'Eighth Grade:' a new film from comedian Bo Burnham