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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Returning Deportees

    The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to let some deported migrants come back to the U.S. It’s part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the Southern California ACLU. The migrants agreed to be voluntarily deported. But the ACLU alleged in the suit that they did so because federal agents intimidated and deceived them.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 28, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to let some deported migrants come back to the U.S. It’s part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the Southern California ACLU. The migrants agreed to be voluntarily deported. But the ACLU alleged in the suit that they did so because federal agents intimidated and deceived them.

    The full episode

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    Immigration, Truancy, and How a Football Player Fooled the Media
    1. 0:00Returning DeporteesYou’re reading this
    2. 9:10Politics of Immigration Reform
    3. 17:06Creating a Police Shooting Database
    4. 26:13California’s A.G. Cracks Down on Truancy
    5. 33:39Keeping Kids in Class
    6. 42:42Lying USC Football Star Fools the Media
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Lucero Chavez

      Southern California ACLU

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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    Immigration, Truancy, and How a Football Player Fooled the Media
    1. 0:00Returning DeporteesYou’re reading this
    2. 9:10Politics of Immigration Reform
    3. 17:06Creating a Police Shooting Database
    4. 26:13California’s A.G. Cracks Down on Truancy
    5. 33:39Keeping Kids in Class
    6. 42:42Lying USC Football Star Fools the Media
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