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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump's immigration order targets survivors of domestic abuse

    For more than a decade, the U.S. has offered a path to citizenship for victims of abuse. But President Trump’s executive order on immigration does away with special deportation categories like this one. What will happen to these vulnerable immigrants, many of them women?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 21, 2017 • 1 min read

    For more than a decade, the U.S. has offered a path to citizenship for victims of abuse. But President Trump’s executive order on immigration does away with special deportation categories like this one. What will happen to these vulnerable immigrants, many of them women?

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    LA County social workers on trial, and reforms to juvenile justice
    1. 0:00Four former LA County social workers face criminal charges
    2. 10:58California state senators determined to reform juvenile justice
    3. 20:06Trump's immigration order targets survivors of domestic abuseYou’re reading this
    4. 29:23In the 1930s, US citizens were deported to Mexico because of their ancestry
    5. 44:06'70s porn stars gather to remember the good old days
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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    LA County social workers on trial, and reforms to juvenile justice
    1. 0:00Four former LA County social workers face criminal charges
    2. 10:58California state senators determined to reform juvenile justice
    3. 20:06Trump's immigration order targets survivors of domestic abuseYou’re reading this
    4. 29:23In the 1930s, US citizens were deported to Mexico because of their ancestry
    5. 44:06'70s porn stars gather to remember the good old days
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