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What's Next for Immigration, Families in Detention

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Watched by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (L) and Vice President Mike Pence, US President Donald Trump shows an executive order on immigration which he just signed in the Oval Office of the White House on June 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order that will end the separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. We’ll discuss what the order means for families currently in detention and those who will arrive at the border in the future. We’ll also get an update on the immigration bills under consideration by Congress.

Guests:
Jeff Denham, U.S. congressman representing California’s 10th District (Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties; helped author the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
Ted Hesson, immigration reporter, Politico
Zoe Lofgren U.S. Congresswoman representing California’s 19th Congressional district (San Jose, Morgan Hill and Gilroy)
Bill Ong Hing, professor of law and migration studies, University of San Francisco; author, American Presidents and Immigration Policy”

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