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    Immigrants Are Told "Don't Open the Door" to ICE during Raids

    On the Mexican border, the US is seeing another surge of immigrants from Central American — including unaccompanied children. Immigration officials are trying to send the message that they should stay home. In the past, immigration officials have raided workplaces to find immigrants who've been ordered to leave the country.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 5, 2016 • 9m Listen

    On the Mexican border, the US is seeing another surge of immigrants from Central American — including unaccompanied children. Immigration officials are trying to send the message that they should stay home. In the past, immigration officials have raided workplaces to find immigrants who've been ordered to leave the country.

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    Now, they're raiding the homes of families with children from Central America. Sonia Nazario is a journalist and the author of Enrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with his Mother. She sits on the board of Kids in Need of Defense.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Sonia Nazario

      Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author

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    The Sectarian Battle for Middle East Influence
    1. 1:44Obama Announces Plan to Limit Gun Violence
    2. 8:25Sectarianism Renews Divisions in the Middle East
    3. 43:12Immigrants Are Told "Don't Open the Door" to ICE during RaidsYou’re reading this
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