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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    When being deported is a death sentence

    A court has ruled that Dreamers can stay in the US until legal challenges on DACA are resolved. But many other undocumented immigrants still fear deportation. For those who have fled violence, that fear is especially acute.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 10, 2018 • 1 min read

    A court has ruled that Dreamers can stay in the US until legal challenges on DACA are resolved. But many other undocumented immigrants still fear deportation. For those who have fled violence, that fear is especially acute. Journalist Sarah Stillman writes for the New Yorker about cases where people have been killed or harmed after being forced to return to their home countries.

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    1. 0:00When being deported is a death sentenceYou’re reading this
    2. 13:08Rep. Darrell Issa's contentious career
    3. 16:56Montecito resident escapes mudslide by climbing into a tree
    4. 26:29China rolls out 'social credit scores' as part of total surveillance plan
    5. 38:41'PST: LA/LA:' Performance art to check out
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      Sarah Stillman

      Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, the New Yorker

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    China: Surveillance state on steroids
    1. 0:00When being deported is a death sentenceYou’re reading this
    2. 13:08Rep. Darrell Issa's contentious career
    3. 16:56Montecito resident escapes mudslide by climbing into a tree
    4. 26:29China rolls out 'social credit scores' as part of total surveillance plan
    5. 38:41'PST: LA/LA:' Performance art to check out
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