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Podcast: On The Issues With Michele Goodwin
Episode: Has the U.S. Forgotten Its Immigrant Roots?
Description: From a frozen asylum system, huge camps on the Mexico border and family separation policies, to the worsening lack of healthcare and the aftereffects of COVID-19, Latinx communities are at a disadvantage both inside and outside U.S. borders. In this episode, we focus on events over the last few years greatly impacting Latinx communities: socially, economically and politically—as Trump administration immigration policies have resulted in child separation,huge camps on the Southern border, stalled immigration and much more.  Meanwhile, those held in detention centers face an added layer of challenges—ranging from lost children, to an...