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Reality at the US-Mexico Border
Immigration across the Mexican border is a major issue among Republican presidential candidates -- with Donald Trump calling for a massive increase in security. We hear that reality at the border itself is very different from the way it's depicted on the campaign trail.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenImmigration across the Mexican border is a major issue among Republican presidential candidates -- with Donald Trump calling for a massive increase in security. We hear that reality at the border itself is very different from the way it's depicted on the campaign trail.
Later on the program, black students are demanding that Princeton University acknowledge the racist views of US President Woodrow Wilson, a man central to the University’s history. It's just one institution caught in a bind when history is judged by contemporary standards.
Photo: The towns of Nogales, Arizona (L) and Nogales, Mexico (R), separated by a high concrete and steel fence. (Sgt. 1st Class Gordon Hyde)
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3 storiesThe Coalition against ISIS Hits Road Blocks
Turkey today shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border. Vladimir Putin called it a "stab in the back." Word came as French President Holland was at the White House hoping to build a coalition against ISIS that would include Russia as well as the US.
Read the story7 minReality at the Mexican Border
Donald Trump appeals to Republican voters by repeating his promise to build a "big, beautiful" wall on the US-Mexico border. But it turns out that the border already is more secure than ever. More Mexican immigrants are leaving the US to return home than the other way around.
Read the story33 minPrinceton, Woodrow Wilson, and the Legacy of Forebears
Some elite colleges and universities go back to the days of segregation and even slavery. Now students are demanding they at least acknowledge the racist past.
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