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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Prepared for the next one?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every time an earthquake hits, we learn new things about just how unprepared we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Northridge earthquake, building codes have improved and retrofit programs for hospitals, apartments and freeways have been implemented. The hope is that those improvements leave us safer. But Southern California hasn't had an earthquake strong enough to test the region for its preparedness for some time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 7,000 miles of water pipes are currently being retrofitted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, so that they don't crack in an earthquake. Those pipes rupturing could mean contamination or complete loss of water to homes. Craig Davis, the Water System Resilience Program Manager, said that it will take 120 years to fix the entire system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to seismologists, an earthquake far bigger than Northridge could hit at anytime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seismologist Lucile Jones was the lead author of a 2008 report called \"\u003ca href=\"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1150/\">The ShakeOut Scenario\u003c/a>\" for the U.S. Geological Survey. In it, researchers described a theoretical but likely earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude temblor on the southern San Andreas fault that would be 44 times stronger than Northridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report estimated that if that earthquake occured, 1,800 people could die, buildings could collapse, an estimated $200 billion in damage could be done and conflagrations could break out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Northridge was an event that disrupted the lives of people in the San Fernando Valley extensively ... disrupted our community for a year or two,\" Jones said. \"The big San Andreas earthquake is going to disrupt the lives of everybody in Southern California and it could take us decades to recover what we lose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has worked with Jones to implement various programs designed to improve the city's \u003ca href=\"http://100resilientcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Los-Angeles-Resilience-Strategy-PDF.pdf\">resilience\u003c/a>. \"We're better prepared for the big one than any big city in America,\" he said, \"which is to say, we're woefully unprepared.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Limited water and overwhelmed emergency services after a big quake hits could mean large fires spreading quickly throughout the hills and neighborhoods, according to Jones. Mark Ghilarducci, director of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, said it could take 48 to 72 hours for outside help to arrive in Southern California. Meaning, 10 million people should expect to be largely on their own for a couple of days after the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is some good news: \"Most of the time under most circumstances ... you're going to see people become the best version, the most altruistic version of themselves, especially in those first couple of minutes and moments after the event,\" said Joe Trainor, who studies disasters and crisis at the University of Delaware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, to survive a major earthquake, it's important that \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2019/01/07/the_big_one_earthquake_surivival_guide_101_how_to.php\">people take steps to prepare\u003c/a>. Stock up on water, food, medicine and make sure that there's some alternate form of shelter in case homes are unlivable. Everyone who lives in an earthquake zone should have some sort of emergency plan in place and coordinate that plan with friends and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,\" Trump wrote in a letter to Pelosi. \"I also feel that, during this period, it would be better if you were in Washington negotiating with me and joining the Strong Border Security movement to end the Shutdown.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi and other members of the congressional delegation, commonly referred to as a \"codel,\" were on a bus headed to the airport to depart, and the Capitol Police already had personnel on the ground in Europe for the trip. Other members slated to be on the trip included House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Rep. 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The two parties remain at a stalemate, with Trump demanding funding for a wall or barrier along the Mexican border, and Pelosi and other Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill insisting the government should be reopened before negotiations continue on border security issues. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi fired the first volley against Trump earlier this week, \u003ca href=\"https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=5685399-Pelosi-Letter-To-Trump-On-SOTU\">when she wrote\u003c/a> that his annual State of the Union address, originally slated for Jan. 29, should be postponed until after the full government reopens, citing, in part, security concerns. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a planned trip by Pelosi to a war zone had not been publicly announced, and would not have been for security reasons. The speaker would use military planes for such travel, and that is what Trump is now denying her. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Obviously, if you would like to make your journey by flying commercial, that would certainly be your prerogative,\" Trump added in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement that while Trump's letter claimed Pelosi and Democrats were also traveling to Brussels and Egypt, the stop in Brussels was simply for pilot rest, where \"the delegation was scheduled to meet with top NATO commanders, U.S. military leaders and key allies – to affirm the United States' ironclad commitment to the NATO alliance.\" A stop in Egypt was not on their agenda, Hammill said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The purpose of the trip was to express appreciation and thanks to our men and women in uniform for their service and dedication, and to obtain critical national security and intelligence briefings from those on the front lines,\" Hammill continued, pointing out that the president \"traveled to Iraq during the Trump Shutdown as did a Republican CODEL led by\" New York Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>The quaint college town and farming hub of Chico is clogged. People are living out of every hotel in town. Campers line neighborhood streets and the country roads that fan out into the walnut and citrus orchards. Every guesthouse and guest room is full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I live in a bedroom, I've lost everything I had,\" says Brian Grahlman, 70, one of thousands of victims of last November's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> that nearly destroyed the town of Paradise, 15 miles from Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grahlman narrowly escaped the fire. Now he's living in a spare room in his daughter's house in Chico. His home in Paradise is gone. 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According to one of the world's leading reinsurers, Germany's Munich Re, the Camp Fire was deemed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.munichre.com/en/media-relations/publications/press-releases/2019/2019-01-08-press-release/index.html?ref=Twitter&tid=%23Natcat2018%20Year%20End%20report\">most expensive natural disaster\u003c/a> in the world in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two months later, there's a sense of a slow, simmering crisis in Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'There is no plan'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It's estimated that Chico has had to take in up to 20,000 new people. There's been a 30 percent spike in traffic accidents. Crime is up. 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His home in Paradise was destroyed, and for now he is living with his daughter in Chico. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The people who live here are just as stressed as we are who have moved here,\" Grahlman says. \"It's very difficult and there's no short-term solution.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what is the plan?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The plan is, there is no plan,\" says Chico Mayor Randall Stone. \"As scary as that sounds, it's just a world that we have to get used to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stone became mayor not long after the Camp Fire ignited. His town's infrastructure just wasn't built for the influx of fire refugees, he says, particularly the roads. The thousands of newcomers don't always know where they're going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As you're driving around it feels like everyone's constantly looking for an address,\" Stone says. \"We're the traffic equivalent of a clogged toilet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pulling Disaster Funds?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In terms of short-term solutions, this rural region has had no choice but to rely heavily on state and federal disaster funds. So folks here reacted with shock and confusion when President Trump threatened to cut off federal disaster aid\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083022011574747137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1083022011574747137&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fseamus.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fpreview%2FtwitterPreview.php%3FtweetId%3D1083022011574747137%26hideMedia%3Dtrue\"> in a tweet \u003c/a>about how federal forests are managed in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083022011574747137\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the forests in this state are either privately owned or managed by the federal government. But officials like Stone didn't have time to try to decipher or fact-check the president's tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump Twitter scare seemed to follow a pattern. One day it looks like things might be getting better, and then there's another setback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have the president of the United States saying that he's yanking back FEMA funding already,\" Stone says. \"I don't think we took too much to heart, but you can see how volatile things get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chico is Fully Occupied\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The single most immediate concern is what to do about the nearly 700 people who — more than two months on — are still living in their cars or RVs at a Red Cross shelter at the Chico fairgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11718340 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/image-from-ios-4-fcac4a2fb2c31ba472991da9a3c6e8b684f5709d-800x600.jpg\" alt='A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, reads \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, says \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Red Cross is expected to pull up stakes at the end of the month. But the shelter is still seeing new arrivals. After weeks of couch surfing or paying out of pocket for a hotel, people have nowhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Literally we are playing a game of musical chairs,\" says Ed Mayer, director of the Housing Authority of Butte County. \"In order for someone to find a home in Chico, somebody has to leave Chico, because we are fully, fully occupied.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of Mayer's employees lost their homes in the fire, and most of the rest of his staff are housing displaced families. Federal HUD staffers moved into his office recently to work with his office to find willing landlords across the entire western U.S. Fire victims have already been relocated to Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/685137701/685434162\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fire, Mayer has been saying what a lot of other people are afraid to say: Folks are going to have to move out of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We may have natural disasters like the Camp Fire, but we [also] have man-made disasters,\" Mayer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California communities are simply not able to absorb a large natural disaster like the Camp Fire, Mayer says, because the region also has an ongoing housing shortage. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the forests in this state are either privately owned or managed by the federal government. But officials like Stone didn't have time to try to decipher or fact-check the president's tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump Twitter scare seemed to follow a pattern. One day it looks like things might be getting better, and then there's another setback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have the president of the United States saying that he's yanking back FEMA funding already,\" Stone says. \"I don't think we took too much to heart, but you can see how volatile things get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chico is Fully Occupied\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The single most immediate concern is what to do about the nearly 700 people who — more than two months on — are still living in their cars or RVs at a Red Cross shelter at the Chico fairgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11718340 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/image-from-ios-4-fcac4a2fb2c31ba472991da9a3c6e8b684f5709d-800x600.jpg\" alt='A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, reads \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, says \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Red Cross is expected to pull up stakes at the end of the month. But the shelter is still seeing new arrivals. After weeks of couch surfing or paying out of pocket for a hotel, people have nowhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Literally we are playing a game of musical chairs,\" says Ed Mayer, director of the Housing Authority of Butte County. \"In order for someone to find a home in Chico, somebody has to leave Chico, because we are fully, fully occupied.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of Mayer's employees lost their homes in the fire, and most of the rest of his staff are housing displaced families. Federal HUD staffers moved into his office recently to work with his office to find willing landlords across the entire western U.S. Fire victims have already been relocated to Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/685137701/685434162\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fire, Mayer has been saying what a lot of other people are afraid to say: Folks are going to have to move out of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We may have natural disasters like the Camp Fire, but we [also] have man-made disasters,\" Mayer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California communities are simply not able to absorb a large natural disaster like the Camp Fire, Mayer says, because the region also has an ongoing housing shortage. It's widely feared that, with climate change and future wildfires, the housing crunch could only get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Chico leaders point to the irony that, in a region with an ongoing affordable housing crisis, if and when Paradise rebuilds, the new town will probably have tougher building codes and be more expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that new town won't even happen for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor's Note: NPR's Kirk Siegler is based temporarily in Butte County. Along with other reporters, he will be covering the cleanup and recovery effort in and around Paradise. If you want to share your story email, natdesk@npr.org with \"Paradise\" in the subject line.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+The+Aftermath+Of+The+Camp+Fire%2C+A+Slow%2C+Simmering+Crisis+In+Nearby+Chico&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For Tijuana, the Central American caravans that arrived there in November have become a humanitarian challenge. For the Trump administration, they are a national security threat, as well as a potent and convenient symbol of why the United States needs stronger border security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't know who else is in that group,\" said Rodney Scott, chief of the San Diego Border Patrol Sector. \"The sheer numbers indicate there are nefarious people within the caravans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the time since the caravan arrived in early November, hundreds of migrants have lost patience and illegally jumped the border fence. Scott says his agents have arrested more than 2,500 of them in the no-man's land between steel border barriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent visit to Tijuana, the caravan migrants looked more bedraggled than nefarious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan112_slide-3069a81544cd9bb8c25095e45f625f827c116e46-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrants seeking an asylum appointment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers wait at El Chaparral Port of Entry in Tijuana.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The List\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Their numbers have dropped dramatically from around 6,000 to fewer than 2,000 today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're staying in makeshift shelters throughout the city, waiting week after week to hear their own number called out in an announcement that is made every morning in a small park near the U.S. port of entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717093/fewer-asylum-seekers-checking-waitlist-status-at-u-s-mexico-border-in-tijuana\">Fewer Asylum-Seekers Checking Waitlist Status at U.S.-Mexico Border in Tijuana\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717093/fewer-asylum-seekers-checking-waitlist-status-at-u-s-mexico-border-in-tijuana\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34051_chaparral-FINAL-01-1180x785.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Today we begin with number 1,627. Please take your place in line,\" said a man with a bullhorn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with that, Darling Adalid Mercado is the first in a ragged line of caravan migrants who will cross the border on this morning and request asylum from U.S. immigration agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each day, only 40 to 60 people are allowed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adalid Mercado is a clean-cut 19-year-old in a ball cap, with a crucifix around his neck. He says he left his home in Ocotepeque, Honduras, three months ago to flee town thugs who wanted to recruit him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's angry at the volunteers who organized the caravan, who he says gave them bad advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan01_custom-eb209429a3064d6629ec36bf7c731a79736c7c82-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darling Adalid Mercado, 19 (center), left his home in Ocotepeque, Honduras, three months ago to flee town thugs who wanted to recruit him.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Pueblo Sin Fronteras [Village Without Borders] is an organization that told us to join the caravan, that everything would be easy,\" he said. \"Then you're on the road and it's really hard, really difficult. They deceive you. They say we're going to the Mexico-U.S. border and we'll all cross together. But the truth is you can't do this. It's illegal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan29_slide-6829898ef067c40ff8b379583615227894257072-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman walks near the temporary shelter run by Ambassadors for Christ in Tijuana.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Adalid Mercado said that once he got to Tijuana, other activists goaded him,\" 'Come on, Darling, jump the fence!' \" But he realized that he would face harsh punishment from U.S. authorities, and it was better to wait for his number to come up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once he crosses, if he's not sent to a migrant detention facility, Adalid Mercado wants to join his brother in San Antonio and find work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pueblo Sin Fronteras, which is a Mexico-based immigrant solidarity organization, posted a response on its Facebook page to recent criticism of its actions. They emphatically reject \"criminalization and defamation\" of their work with the caravan. The group vowed to continue to support and protect the human rights of Central American migrants in transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPuebloSF%2Fposts%2F2471698279523525&width=800\" width=\"800\" height=\"776\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Waiting to Cross\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The waiting game in the squalid shelters in Tijuana is grating on everyone's nerves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Irias and her family, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, are cooling their heels at a shelter run by an evangelical church called Ambassadors for Christ, situated next to a fetid creek popular with a family of mottled hogs. She is a heavyset woman with weary eyes. They have been staying in a camping tent set up in the church sanctuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every day, she, her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren have discussed what their next move should be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718073\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan04_custom-93650fab828be9531e1fa4b575dc1b940992d495-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Irias (right) and her daughter, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, are staying in a camping tent set up in the church sanctuary in Tijuana.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We're frustrated,\" said Irias with a sigh. \"We've been here a long time. We're discussing the possibility of staying here in Tijuana because there's work and it pays well. There are days when we also wonder if we should jump the fence. We don't know what we'll do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Humanitarian Visas and a Job\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>More and more Hondurans, who came in the caravan, are deciding to stay in Tijuana. Mexico has issued more than 2,000 humanitarian visas that allow them to work in this booming border city on the Pacific Coast. While the town leadership initially was hostile about their arrival, many citizens have warmed up to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen these people working around town, in barber shops, selling clothes, taking jobs in the assembly plants,\" said Juan Carlos Rodriguez Marquez, a local lawyer who was walking his dog along a beachside park. \"They are people who want to get ahead. We don't have any problem with them. Here in Tijuana, there's work for anybody who's willing to work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718093\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718093\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santos Favian Gomez washes dishes for a humanitarian group, World Central Kitchen. He says he fled marauding gangs in Choluteca, Honduras. \u003ccite>(Guillermo Arias)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Santos Favian Gomez says he fled marauding gangs in Choluteca, Honduras. He has taken a job washing dishes for a humanitarian group, World Central Kitchen, that prepares hundreds of free meals for the migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'll remain in Tijuana,\" he said. \"Because I hear if you cross into the United States, they'll throw you in jail. It's better to work here than be a prisoner over there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Favian Gomez, 41, said he traveled here alone. He plans to save a little money to send home to his wife. He said he will try to find a house so he can move out of the crowded shelter, where he is staying, and he plans to make his home in Tijuana, at least temporarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's pretty here,\" he said, scrubbing beans from a pan, \"and the people are nice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said any arrangement he can work out in Tijuana is better than returning to Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718092\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan30-edit_custom-106e604fcb571d3bcf81a1564fad2e247361a44d-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan30-edit_custom-106e604fcb571d3bcf81a1564fad2e247361a44d-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan30-edit_custom-106e604fcb571d3bcf81a1564fad2e247361a44d-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan30-edit_custom-106e604fcb571d3bcf81a1564fad2e247361a44d-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan30-edit_custom-106e604fcb571d3bcf81a1564fad2e247361a44d-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan30-edit_custom-106e604fcb571d3bcf81a1564fad2e247361a44d-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The World Central Kitchen prepares hundreds of free meals for the migrants in Tijuana. \u003ccite>(Guillermo Arias)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For Tijuana, the Central American caravans that arrived there in November have become a humanitarian challenge. For the Trump administration, they are a national security threat, as well as a potent and convenient symbol of why the United States needs stronger border security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't know who else is in that group,\" said Rodney Scott, chief of the San Diego Border Patrol Sector. \"The sheer numbers indicate there are nefarious people within the caravans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the time since the caravan arrived in early November, hundreds of migrants have lost patience and illegally jumped the border fence. Scott says his agents have arrested more than 2,500 of them in the no-man's land between steel border barriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent visit to Tijuana, the caravan migrants looked more bedraggled than nefarious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan112_slide-3069a81544cd9bb8c25095e45f625f827c116e46-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrants seeking an asylum appointment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers wait at El Chaparral Port of Entry in Tijuana.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The List\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Their numbers have dropped dramatically from around 6,000 to fewer than 2,000 today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're staying in makeshift shelters throughout the city, waiting week after week to hear their own number called out in an announcement that is made every morning in a small park near the U.S. port of entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717093/fewer-asylum-seekers-checking-waitlist-status-at-u-s-mexico-border-in-tijuana\">Fewer Asylum-Seekers Checking Waitlist Status at U.S.-Mexico Border in Tijuana\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717093/fewer-asylum-seekers-checking-waitlist-status-at-u-s-mexico-border-in-tijuana\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34051_chaparral-FINAL-01-1180x785.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Today we begin with number 1,627. Please take your place in line,\" said a man with a bullhorn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with that, Darling Adalid Mercado is the first in a ragged line of caravan migrants who will cross the border on this morning and request asylum from U.S. immigration agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each day, only 40 to 60 people are allowed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adalid Mercado is a clean-cut 19-year-old in a ball cap, with a crucifix around his neck. He says he left his home in Ocotepeque, Honduras, three months ago to flee town thugs who wanted to recruit him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's angry at the volunteers who organized the caravan, who he says gave them bad advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan01_custom-eb209429a3064d6629ec36bf7c731a79736c7c82-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darling Adalid Mercado, 19 (center), left his home in Ocotepeque, Honduras, three months ago to flee town thugs who wanted to recruit him.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Pueblo Sin Fronteras [Village Without Borders] is an organization that told us to join the caravan, that everything would be easy,\" he said. \"Then you're on the road and it's really hard, really difficult. They deceive you. They say we're going to the Mexico-U.S. border and we'll all cross together. But the truth is you can't do this. It's illegal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan29_slide-6829898ef067c40ff8b379583615227894257072-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman walks near the temporary shelter run by Ambassadors for Christ in Tijuana.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Adalid Mercado said that once he got to Tijuana, other activists goaded him,\" 'Come on, Darling, jump the fence!' \" But he realized that he would face harsh punishment from U.S. authorities, and it was better to wait for his number to come up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once he crosses, if he's not sent to a migrant detention facility, Adalid Mercado wants to join his brother in San Antonio and find work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pueblo Sin Fronteras, which is a Mexico-based immigrant solidarity organization, posted a response on its Facebook page to recent criticism of its actions. They emphatically reject \"criminalization and defamation\" of their work with the caravan. The group vowed to continue to support and protect the human rights of Central American migrants in transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPuebloSF%2Fposts%2F2471698279523525&width=800\" width=\"800\" height=\"776\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Waiting to Cross\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The waiting game in the squalid shelters in Tijuana is grating on everyone's nerves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Irias and her family, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, are cooling their heels at a shelter run by an evangelical church called Ambassadors for Christ, situated next to a fetid creek popular with a family of mottled hogs. She is a heavyset woman with weary eyes. They have been staying in a camping tent set up in the church sanctuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every day, she, her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren have discussed what their next move should be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718073\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan04_custom-93650fab828be9531e1fa4b575dc1b940992d495-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Irias (right) and her daughter, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, are staying in a camping tent set up in the church sanctuary in Tijuana.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We're frustrated,\" said Irias with a sigh. \"We've been here a long time. We're discussing the possibility of staying here in Tijuana because there's work and it pays well. There are days when we also wonder if we should jump the fence. We don't know what we'll do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Humanitarian Visas and a Job\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>More and more Hondurans, who came in the caravan, are deciding to stay in Tijuana. Mexico has issued more than 2,000 humanitarian visas that allow them to work in this booming border city on the Pacific Coast. While the town leadership initially was hostile about their arrival, many citizens have warmed up to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen these people working around town, in barber shops, selling clothes, taking jobs in the assembly plants,\" said Juan Carlos Rodriguez Marquez, a local lawyer who was walking his dog along a beachside park. \"They are people who want to get ahead. We don't have any problem with them. Here in Tijuana, there's work for anybody who's willing to work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718093\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718093\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/mex-us-mig-caravan07_custom-3df57b3374c6e845ab1f9c2e5517d032716f13c9-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santos Favian Gomez washes dishes for a humanitarian group, World Central Kitchen. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated Monday at 10:16 a.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles public school teachers went on strike Monday morning, a result of failed negotiations between the teachers union and the school district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strike has looked inevitable since Friday, when United Teachers Los Angeles rejected another offer from district leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are more convinced than ever that the district won't move without a strike,\" declared union president Alex Caputo-Pearl at a Sunday press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UTLA has more than 30,000 members, including teachers, librarians, school nurses and counselors. The last teacher strike in the city was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/16/us/teacher-strike-spreads-chaos-in-los-angeles.html\">nearly 30 years ago\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5005009/MIPR-LAUSD-FamilyResourceGuide-10-12-18-DIGITAL.pdf\">schools will remain open\u003c/a> for the same hours during the strike, with the same before- and after-school programs. It also said that student learning will still take place in schools staffed by administrators, volunteers and \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2018/12/28/la_teachers_pissed_after_lausd_reportedly_hires_400_substitute_teachers_to_work_during_strike.php\">400 newly hired substitute teachers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Negotiations with the L.A. Unified School District started in early 2017. Union members have been working without a contract for more than a year. 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That’s why it was such a big deal when Janet Yellen became \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/01/31/269496733/after-overcoming-early-obstacles-yellen-assumes-feds-top-job\">the first woman to run the Fed\u003c/a> in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lael Brainard, a Federal Reserve governor, says the central bank “has a lot of work to do to have a truly diverse set of leaders.” Brainard, an economist, has spent much of her career as one of the few women in the room when major policy decisions are made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re sitting around a decision-making table, you look around and you say to yourself: ‘Hmm, this table doesn’t look like a typical classroom in America.’ And until it does we’re not going to be getting the best possible outcomes that this country deserves,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717433/find-yourself-in-the-california-legislature-or-not\">Find Yourself in the California Legislature — or Not\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717433/find-yourself-in-the-california-legislature-or-not\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Legislators-like-you-PHOTO-1-e1547161083527.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Brainard says a growing body of research suggests that diversity leads to better decision-making. 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Rising through the ranks over two decades, she grew interested in why there were hardly any women at the Fed itself, even in entry-level roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601138106/male-privilege\">Perspectives: Male Privilege\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601138106/male-privilege\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/01/LarryLee.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I called over 250 colleges myself — placement directors, chairs of departments — and said, ‘What do you think of the Fed?’ And they said it’s an old boys’ club where women wouldn’t be welcome. And I said, ‘Let me talk to you more about the Fed.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her approach worked. 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And last month, she partnered with the central bank on \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorkfed.org/data-and-statistics/data-visualization/diversity-in-economics#interactive/overview\">a new website\u003c/a> that gives U.S. universities a visual scorecard on diversity at the undergraduate level, where she says the problem often begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11713470/for-transgender-and-non-binary-protections-california-came-first\">For Transgender and Nonbinary Protections, California Came First\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11713470/for-transgender-and-non-binary-protections-california-came-first\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0043-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Before very recently, fingers were pointed at women themselves looking to factors like women’s tastes or math preparation as explainers of why they didn’t choose us and join us as economists,” Bayer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But increasingly, the field is looking within to understand why so few women decide to pursue it. 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That includes how the wall will be paid for.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716907/trump-uses-violent-crimes-by-immigrants-to-justify-border-wall/\">Trump Uses Violent Crimes by Immigrants to Justify Border Wall\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716907/trump-uses-violent-crimes-by-immigrants-to-justify-border-wall\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-1079458750-1180x848.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The president is now in a battle with congressional Democrats to approve $5.7 billion in funding for a physical barrier, placing the wall at the center of a lengthy government shutdown that Trump is struggling to find his way out of.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A campaign slogan is born\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In April 2014, when businessman Donald Trump was toying with running for president, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2014/04/12/Trump-I-Would-Build-a-Border-Fence-Like-You-Have%20Never-Seen-Before/\">told an audience in New Hampshire\u003c/a> that he would “build a border fence like you have never seen before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That summer, a couple of Trump’s advisers came up with the idea of calling it a “wall” as a way of signaling Trump would be an immigration hard-liner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And what better way than to have his brand incorporated by Donald Trump saying, ‘Yeah, I’m going to build a wall. Nobody builds like Trump’?” said former Trump adviser Sam Nunberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The advisers wanted to ensure that every time he gave one of his wide-ranging, largely unscripted speeches, Trump would hit the theme of being tough on immigration. “Build the wall” — like “Make America Great Again” — was easy to remember and would fit well in the “Trump variety show,” as Nunberg described Trump’s rally speeches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was fun. It was cool. It was novel,” said Nunberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nunberg wants to be clear: Trump rejected plenty of their ideas. But he went all-in on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August 2014, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/496756082489171968\">sent his first tweet\u003c/a> about building a wall. Fittingly, it was in all caps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/496756082489171968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few months later, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/582645393227419648\">he tweeted again\u003c/a>, adding a little more detail. The wall would be “massive,” and the funding would come, indirectly, from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The border is wide open for cartels & terrorists. Secure our border now. Build a massive wall & deduct the costs from Mexican foreign aid!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/582645393227419648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Trump officially launched his campaign in June 2015, with the wall as a centerpiece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively,” Trump said in the gilded Trump Tower in New York. “I will build a great, great wall on our Southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t take long for crowds at his rallies to chant, “Build that wall, build that wall!” Sometimes he’d add a question about who was going to pay for it. And arenas full of supporters would respond: “Mexico!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The building materials\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Early on, when Trump described the wall, he talked about concrete. He mocked those who said it would be hard or impractical. Here are some examples:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dec. 2, 2015:\u003c/strong> At a rally in Virginia, a young boy asked him, “What are the walls going to be made out of?” Trump replied, “I’ll tell you what it’s going to be made of. It’s going to be made of hardened concrete, and it’s going to be made out of rebar and steel. And — you know, it’s so easy, that’s what I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 18, 2016:\u003c/strong> “They have no idea how to do it. Whereas with me it’s easy — that’s like easy. When you build buildings like I build buildings, believe me, walls are easy. No windows, no nothing — precast concrete going very high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 11, 2016:\u003c/strong> “The politicians would come up to me, and they’d say, ‘You know, Donald, you can’t build the wall.’ I said, ‘You have to be kidding. You have to be kidding. Concrete plank, you have to be kidding. Precast, precast, right? Boom. Bing. Done. Keep going.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After Trump became president, though, a dose of reality met his concrete wall. Trump’s description of the material started to change. He began referencing a barrier made of steel, rather than concrete. In part, he argued, so that border agents could see through the barrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that’s come up pretty strongly is we want to have vision through the wall, because you want to see what’s on the other side of the wall,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News on Nov. 2, 2017. “You know, you think we’re going to build a nice, simple concrete wall, but it’s not that simple.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of tall, steel bollards (posts) is technically more like a fence than a wall. Still, Trump kept calling it a wall and kept leading chants at his rallies all through 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, with Democrats refusing to fund the president’s wall, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075197395892404231\">he’s insisting\u003c/a>: “We are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats, are saying loud and clear that they do not want to build a Concrete Wall – but we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats, so that you can easily see through it….\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075197395892404231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A day before the shutdown went into effect, the president even went so far as to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076239448461987841\">tweet a clip-art-style rendering\u003c/a> he said was a “design” of the steel slat barrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful! \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/sGltXh0cu9\">pic.twitter.com/sGltXh0cu9\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. 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During his campaign, Trump said the U.S. would compel Mexico to pay for it by restricting the flow of remittances, money sent to family members in Mexico by those living and working in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an easy decision for Mexico: make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year,” read a campaign information sheet. (There were other ideas, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Trump has said the wall would be paid for indirectly \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/678557749\">through the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement\u003c/a>, which hasn’t yet been ratified, and which economists say is unlikely to dramatically increase U.S. economic growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/683920624/684100878\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘They’d be angry at me’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Steel slats. Steel barrier. Concrete. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>A few months later, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/582645393227419648\">he tweeted again\u003c/a>, adding a little more detail. The wall would be “massive,” and the funding would come, indirectly, from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The border is wide open for cartels & terrorists. Secure our border now. Build a massive wall & deduct the costs from Mexican foreign aid!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/582645393227419648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Trump officially launched his campaign in June 2015, with the wall as a centerpiece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively,” Trump said in the gilded Trump Tower in New York. “I will build a great, great wall on our Southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t take long for crowds at his rallies to chant, “Build that wall, build that wall!” Sometimes he’d add a question about who was going to pay for it. And arenas full of supporters would respond: “Mexico!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The building materials\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Early on, when Trump described the wall, he talked about concrete. He mocked those who said it would be hard or impractical. Here are some examples:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dec. 2, 2015:\u003c/strong> At a rally in Virginia, a young boy asked him, “What are the walls going to be made out of?” Trump replied, “I’ll tell you what it’s going to be made of. It’s going to be made of hardened concrete, and it’s going to be made out of rebar and steel. And — you know, it’s so easy, that’s what I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 18, 2016:\u003c/strong> “They have no idea how to do it. Whereas with me it’s easy — that’s like easy. When you build buildings like I build buildings, believe me, walls are easy. No windows, no nothing — precast concrete going very high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 11, 2016:\u003c/strong> “The politicians would come up to me, and they’d say, ‘You know, Donald, you can’t build the wall.’ I said, ‘You have to be kidding. You have to be kidding. Concrete plank, you have to be kidding. Precast, precast, right? Boom. Bing. Done. Keep going.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After Trump became president, though, a dose of reality met his concrete wall. Trump’s description of the material started to change. He began referencing a barrier made of steel, rather than concrete. In part, he argued, so that border agents could see through the barrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that’s come up pretty strongly is we want to have vision through the wall, because you want to see what’s on the other side of the wall,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News on Nov. 2, 2017. “You know, you think we’re going to build a nice, simple concrete wall, but it’s not that simple.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of tall, steel bollards (posts) is technically more like a fence than a wall. Still, Trump kept calling it a wall and kept leading chants at his rallies all through 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, with Democrats refusing to fund the president’s wall, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075197395892404231\">he’s insisting\u003c/a>: “We are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats, are saying loud and clear that they do not want to build a Concrete Wall – but we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats, so that you can easily see through it….\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075197395892404231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A day before the shutdown went into effect, the president even went so far as to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076239448461987841\">tweet a clip-art-style rendering\u003c/a> he said was a “design” of the steel slat barrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful! \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/sGltXh0cu9\">pic.twitter.com/sGltXh0cu9\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076239448461987841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>Paying for the wall\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Again and again, Trump said during the presidential campaign that Mexico would pay for the wall, one way or another. Now the government is partially shut down with Trump refusing to sign legislation to reopen it until Congress provides funding to build the wall (or steel slat barrier).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, I never said this. And I never meant they are going to write out a check. I said they’re going to pay for it. They are,” Trump told reporters on his way to visit the border in Texas on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How would Mexico pay for it? During his campaign, Trump said the U.S. would compel Mexico to pay for it by restricting the flow of remittances, money sent to family members in Mexico by those living and working in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an easy decision for Mexico: make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year,” read a campaign information sheet. (There were other ideas, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Trump has said the wall would be paid for indirectly \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/678557749\">through the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement\u003c/a>, which hasn’t yet been ratified, and which economists say is unlikely to dramatically increase U.S. economic growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/683920624/684100878\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘They’d be angry at me’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Steel slats. Steel barrier. Concrete. 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However, he added, \"If we don't make a deal, I think it would be very surprising to me\" to not declare an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a declaration would almost certainly be fought in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sidestepped a question about the issue Thursday, telling reporters, \"If and when the president does that, you'll find out how we will react.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She predicted that if the president did take that step, he would have to answer to his own party for \"usurping\" power.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717145/bye-bye-trump-walks-out-of-white-house-meeting-with-democrats-about-shutdown\">Trump Walks Out of Meeting with Dems\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717145/bye-bye-trump-walks-out-of-white-house-meeting-with-democrats-about-shutdown/\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-1079458750-e1547075245994.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Trump on Thursday reiterated that Republicans are unified in support of him on the wall. He hasn't \"ever seen unity like this in the Republican Party,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, several Republican senators have expressed concern over the effects of the continued partial government shutdown, now in its 20th day. A handful of House Republicans have also voted with Democrats in efforts to reopen the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump also disputed characterizations of Wednesday's meeting with Democratic leaders, in which \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/09/683646652/trump-heads-to-the-hill-to-shore-up-gop-support-in-border-wall-standoff\">Trump abruptly walked out\u003c/a>. \"I didn't pound the table,\" he said. \"I didn't raise my voice. That is a lie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, \"I don't have temper tantrums. I really don't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump also said that despite his repeated campaign promises to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it, he didn't mean that literally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I said Mexico would pay for a wall in front of thousands and thousands of people,\" Trump said, \"obviously I never meant Mexico would write a check.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/memo-explains-how-donald-trump-plans-to-pay-for-border-wall/2007/?tid=a_inl_manual\">a March 2016 memo \u003c/a>from the Trump campaign to The Washington Post said, \"It's an easy decision for Mexico. Make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Pelosi's news conference, she suggested that Wednesday's White House meeting with Hill leaders was never about a serious negotiation. \"I think the meeting was a setup so he could walk out,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the president keeps changing his demands: \"I don't even know if the president wants the wall,\" Pelosi said. \"I said to him 'You are moving the goal posts so many times they are out of the stadium.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic congressional leaders have refused to go along with Trump's demand for border wall funding, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to take up Democratic measures to fund government agencies that have run out of appropriations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed or are working without paychecks because of the standoff. 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"content": "\u003cp>In recent months, thousands of migrants have gathered in Tijuana, hoping for asylum in the United States. Some will be deported before ever stepping foot in the U.S. Others will be detained by U.S. immigration authorities as they wait for their hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some will be allowed to live in the U.S. while their cases wind through the system. Legal experts say if they stay in California, they'll be lucky. The state has a cadre of pro bono attorneys eager to help them navigate the complicated asylum process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, California lawmakers approved a state budget that included $45 million in funding for immigrant legal services. 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These areas may be expensive for migrants, but the data show that having access to legal aid makes a huge difference in asylum cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still California's high cost of living continues to push families out of the very places offering the most help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of our immigrant community are finding themselves having to move outside of Los Angeles so that they can afford to live,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://www.esperanza-la.org/patricia-ortiz\">Patricia Ortiz\u003c/a>, a lawyer with the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But once they're there, there is not quite the same amount of resources or support that they would have here,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710236/bay-area-asylum-seeker-anxious-as-grandmother-escorts-teen-son-to-border\">Bay Area Asylum-Seeker Anxious as Her Teen Son Is Escorted to Border by His Grandmother\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710236/bay-area-asylum-seeker-anxious-as-grandmother-escorts-teen-son-to-border\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/RS34304_alt_806-1-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rosa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Ortiz's clients, Rosa, has been in Los Angeles for about two months. She fled gang violence in El Salvador with her two children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Rosa arrived, she pictured Los Angeles as a place full of luxury and natural beauty. Some areas of the city are like that, Rosa said. But her corner of Los Angeles looks and feels like the place she escaped from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I sometimes feel as if I were in the capital of El Salvador,\" said Rosa, who requested that her last name be withheld because her asylum case is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was surprised by how much housing costs here. During their first month in Los Angeles, Rosa and her family lived in cramped quarters with another family sleeping right next to the bathroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We chose to move because we could not access the bathroom,\" she said. \"We did not feel comfortable entering it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Rosa has found a studio apartment near downtown LA that rents for $800 per month. But even coming up with that amount will be a struggle. Asylum-seekers are not eligible for a work permit until at least six months into their cases. Many work under the table to get by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite these hurdles, Rosa said California provides what she didn't have in El Salvador: Safety, and the chance of a better life for her kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is opportunity here,\" she said. \"Here, you can realize any dream you want.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ortiz said even though it is an expensive place to live, asylum-seekers in Los Angeles have access to people who want to help. For instance, she said, \"Getting our clients connected to mental health resources outside of the LA region is very difficult. It's something that we are always struggling with.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/683328305/683501501\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/biography/jenna-gilbert\">Jenna Gilbert\u003c/a>, a pro bono asylum attorney at Human Rights First, said it's heartbreaking to get calls from clients who plan to leave California months into their case, because they can't afford to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She tells them they're not just losing their lawyer. They're leaving behind California's Ninth Circuit for courts that may be more likely to deny asylum claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you move to a small town in Texas, housing is going to be much cheaper,\" Gilbert said. \"But you probably won't have the legal resources. And you also will be in a circuit that is much less favorable to asylum-seekers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Finding a lawyer is powerfully associated with positive outcomes,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/ingrid-v-eagly/\">UCLA law professor Ingrid Eagly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.californialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/4-Eagly_Shafer_Whalley.pdf\">a study\u003c/a> that tracked outcomes for families after being released from detention, Eagly and her colleagues found that between 2001 and 2016, released families that did not have a lawyer were only allowed to stay in the country 7 percent of the time. Those who had a lawyer increased their odds to 49 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're more likely to be able to gather evidence, to work collaboratively with their lawyer and to otherwise prepare and find witnesses who can testify in their case,\" Eagly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data from Eagly's study does not include cases since President Trump took office. Under his administration, \u003ca href=\"http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/539/\">asylum denial rates have been increasing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lizeth\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even on a day off from her job at an El Pollo Loco, Lizeth finds herself cooking. While her kids are at school, she stirs a big pot of \u003cem>caldo de res\u003c/em>, or beef soup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've always cooked,\" she said. \"I like it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11717076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 695px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/5c199117948d9c000a5a3dd8-eight-39d9b6c2f21337f6a9d2b760bd30aa547c0afb9c.jpg\" alt=\"Lizeth, an immigrant from Honduras, looks out the window of her studio apartment in Los Angeles.\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11717076\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/5c199117948d9c000a5a3dd8-eight-39d9b6c2f21337f6a9d2b760bd30aa547c0afb9c.jpg 695w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/5c199117948d9c000a5a3dd8-eight-39d9b6c2f21337f6a9d2b760bd30aa547c0afb9c-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lizeth, an immigrant from Honduras, looks out the window of her studio apartment in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(David Wagner/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lizeth, who only wants to use her middle name, had a small business selling food out of her home in Honduras. But she said gangs threatened her for refusing to pay a \"war tax,\" a local form of extortion. She fled with her husband and two of her children, now aged 6 and 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They've been living in Los Angeles for more than two years, and they're still awaiting a decision in their asylum case. By now, they've settled into a routine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At six o'clock, we get up and get ready,\" Lizeth said. They need to be out the door by 7:20 a.m., so Lizeth can get to work by 8:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Lizeth a year and a half to get her work permit. Her husband just received his. Like other asylum-seekers, they started off renting rooms in houses crammed with other occupants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, they can afford the $1,000 rent for their own studio apartment in the San Fernando Valley. It doesn't offer much privacy, Lizeth said. A simple room divider separates the living room from the bedroom. But their home is decked out with festive Christmas decorations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's 1,000 percent better,\" than anything she expected to have, Lizeth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have dreams. I have goals. And I know I can achieve them. In my country, you have goals. You have hope. But everything remains a dream,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years may sound like a long time to wait for an asylum decision. But Lizeth's attorney Jenna Gilbert said these days \"two years is on the shorter end.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As years go by, Gilbert worries that judges may start to think her clients no longer have a credible fear of gang members in their home country. She says a claim that may have been strong a few years ago, \"maybe today isn't so strong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Things are changing so rapidly, there's really no way to provide your clients with any kind of comfort, any kind of understanding of what the road ahead might look like,\" Gilbert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I have dreams. I have goals. And I know I can achieve them. In my country, you have goals. You have hope. But everything remains a dream.'\u003ccite>Lizeth, immigrant from Honduras living in L.A.\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At this point, Gilbert is hoping that a decision in Lizeth's case is delayed until 2020 or later, when there could be a new president in the White House with more favorable asylum policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now that we're kind of at the halfway point, I'm hoping that cases slow down as much as possible until we can see the end of this administration,\" Gilbert said. \"Hopefully.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Lizeth and her family grow more comfortable in California every day. They've put a down payment on a car. Their kids are picking up English in school. Lizeth worries what would happen if they were deported back to Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They think those of us coming from the United States are carrying a lot of money,\" she said. \"There are many cases of people who went back to Honduras and didn't live more than a month.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for now, Lizeth said, the future is bright. In Honduras, holidays were hard. She could afford to give her kids gifts or a nice meal, but never both. This year, in the U.S., she was able to make a big Christmas dinner and give her children new clothes and shoes. A nice Christmas, she said, like she hadn't had in a long time.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In recent months, thousands of migrants have gathered in Tijuana, hoping for asylum in the United States. Some will be deported before ever stepping foot in the U.S. Others will be detained by U.S. immigration authorities as they wait for their hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some will be allowed to live in the U.S. while their cases wind through the system. Legal experts say if they stay in California, they'll be lucky. The state has a cadre of pro bono attorneys eager to help them navigate the complicated asylum process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, California lawmakers approved a state budget that included $45 million in funding for immigrant legal services. With that increased funding, the state's Department of Social Services has contracted dozens of nonprofits to offer legal help to \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Immigration/ISF%20Fact%20Sheet%20May%202018.pdf?ver=2018-05-11-135436-710\">thousands of immigrants\u003c/a> every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state money is spread to organizations throughout California. But \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Immigration/FY%202017-18%20Immigration%20Services%20Funding%20Award%20Announcement.pdf?ver=2017-10-31-092359-893\">regional breakdowns\u003c/a> show that nonprofits in Los Angeles and the Bay Area have received the largest chunks of money. These areas may be expensive for migrants, but the data show that having access to legal aid makes a huge difference in asylum cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still California's high cost of living continues to push families out of the very places offering the most help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of our immigrant community are finding themselves having to move outside of Los Angeles so that they can afford to live,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://www.esperanza-la.org/patricia-ortiz\">Patricia Ortiz\u003c/a>, a lawyer with the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But once they're there, there is not quite the same amount of resources or support that they would have here,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710236/bay-area-asylum-seeker-anxious-as-grandmother-escorts-teen-son-to-border\">Bay Area Asylum-Seeker Anxious as Her Teen Son Is Escorted to Border by His Grandmother\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710236/bay-area-asylum-seeker-anxious-as-grandmother-escorts-teen-son-to-border\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/RS34304_alt_806-1-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rosa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Ortiz's clients, Rosa, has been in Los Angeles for about two months. She fled gang violence in El Salvador with her two children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Rosa arrived, she pictured Los Angeles as a place full of luxury and natural beauty. Some areas of the city are like that, Rosa said. But her corner of Los Angeles looks and feels like the place she escaped from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I sometimes feel as if I were in the capital of El Salvador,\" said Rosa, who requested that her last name be withheld because her asylum case is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was surprised by how much housing costs here. During their first month in Los Angeles, Rosa and her family lived in cramped quarters with another family sleeping right next to the bathroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We chose to move because we could not access the bathroom,\" she said. \"We did not feel comfortable entering it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Rosa has found a studio apartment near downtown LA that rents for $800 per month. But even coming up with that amount will be a struggle. Asylum-seekers are not eligible for a work permit until at least six months into their cases. Many work under the table to get by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite these hurdles, Rosa said California provides what she didn't have in El Salvador: Safety, and the chance of a better life for her kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is opportunity here,\" she said. \"Here, you can realize any dream you want.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ortiz said even though it is an expensive place to live, asylum-seekers in Los Angeles have access to people who want to help. For instance, she said, \"Getting our clients connected to mental health resources outside of the LA region is very difficult. It's something that we are always struggling with.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/683328305/683501501\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/biography/jenna-gilbert\">Jenna Gilbert\u003c/a>, a pro bono asylum attorney at Human Rights First, said it's heartbreaking to get calls from clients who plan to leave California months into their case, because they can't afford to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She tells them they're not just losing their lawyer. They're leaving behind California's Ninth Circuit for courts that may be more likely to deny asylum claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you move to a small town in Texas, housing is going to be much cheaper,\" Gilbert said. \"But you probably won't have the legal resources. And you also will be in a circuit that is much less favorable to asylum-seekers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Finding a lawyer is powerfully associated with positive outcomes,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/ingrid-v-eagly/\">UCLA law professor Ingrid Eagly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.californialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/4-Eagly_Shafer_Whalley.pdf\">a study\u003c/a> that tracked outcomes for families after being released from detention, Eagly and her colleagues found that between 2001 and 2016, released families that did not have a lawyer were only allowed to stay in the country 7 percent of the time. Those who had a lawyer increased their odds to 49 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're more likely to be able to gather evidence, to work collaboratively with their lawyer and to otherwise prepare and find witnesses who can testify in their case,\" Eagly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data from Eagly's study does not include cases since President Trump took office. Under his administration, \u003ca href=\"http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/539/\">asylum denial rates have been increasing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lizeth\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even on a day off from her job at an El Pollo Loco, Lizeth finds herself cooking. While her kids are at school, she stirs a big pot of \u003cem>caldo de res\u003c/em>, or beef soup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've always cooked,\" she said. \"I like it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11717076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 695px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/5c199117948d9c000a5a3dd8-eight-39d9b6c2f21337f6a9d2b760bd30aa547c0afb9c.jpg\" alt=\"Lizeth, an immigrant from Honduras, looks out the window of her studio apartment in Los Angeles.\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11717076\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/5c199117948d9c000a5a3dd8-eight-39d9b6c2f21337f6a9d2b760bd30aa547c0afb9c.jpg 695w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/5c199117948d9c000a5a3dd8-eight-39d9b6c2f21337f6a9d2b760bd30aa547c0afb9c-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lizeth, an immigrant from Honduras, looks out the window of her studio apartment in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(David Wagner/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lizeth, who only wants to use her middle name, had a small business selling food out of her home in Honduras. But she said gangs threatened her for refusing to pay a \"war tax,\" a local form of extortion. She fled with her husband and two of her children, now aged 6 and 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They've been living in Los Angeles for more than two years, and they're still awaiting a decision in their asylum case. By now, they've settled into a routine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At six o'clock, we get up and get ready,\" Lizeth said. They need to be out the door by 7:20 a.m., so Lizeth can get to work by 8:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Lizeth a year and a half to get her work permit. Her husband just received his. Like other asylum-seekers, they started off renting rooms in houses crammed with other occupants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, they can afford the $1,000 rent for their own studio apartment in the San Fernando Valley. It doesn't offer much privacy, Lizeth said. A simple room divider separates the living room from the bedroom. But their home is decked out with festive Christmas decorations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's 1,000 percent better,\" than anything she expected to have, Lizeth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have dreams. I have goals. And I know I can achieve them. In my country, you have goals. You have hope. But everything remains a dream,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years may sound like a long time to wait for an asylum decision. But Lizeth's attorney Jenna Gilbert said these days \"two years is on the shorter end.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As years go by, Gilbert worries that judges may start to think her clients no longer have a credible fear of gang members in their home country. She says a claim that may have been strong a few years ago, \"maybe today isn't so strong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Things are changing so rapidly, there's really no way to provide your clients with any kind of comfort, any kind of understanding of what the road ahead might look like,\" Gilbert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I have dreams. I have goals. And I know I can achieve them. In my country, you have goals. You have hope. But everything remains a dream.'\u003ccite>Lizeth, immigrant from Honduras living in L.A.\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At this point, Gilbert is hoping that a decision in Lizeth's case is delayed until 2020 or later, when there could be a new president in the White House with more favorable asylum policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now that we're kind of at the halfway point, I'm hoping that cases slow down as much as possible until we can see the end of this administration,\" Gilbert said. \"Hopefully.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Lizeth and her family grow more comfortable in California every day. They've put a down payment on a car. Their kids are picking up English in school. 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"content": "\u003cp>President Trump abruptly halted spending talks at the White House on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats again rejected his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Twitter, Trump dismissed the negotiations as a \"\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083099784012091396\">total waste of time\u003c/a>,\" as a partial government shutdown stretched into its 19th day. He added, \"I said bye-bye, nothing else works!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083099784012091396\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our meeting did not last long,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters, standing in the chilly White House driveway. \"It's cold out here, and the temperature wasn't much warmer in the Situation Room.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately, the president just got up and walked out,\" said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after Pelosi said the Democrats are unwilling to agree to wall funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We saw a temper tantrum,\" Schumer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice President Pence blamed Democrats for refusing to give ground on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In this brief meeting, we heard once again that Democratic leaders are unwilling to even negotiate to resolve this partial government shutdown or address the crisis at our Southern border,\" Pence said. \"What the president made clear today is he is going to stand firm to achieve his priorities: to build a wall, a steel barrier on the Southern border.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the two sides at an impasse, some 800,000 federal employees are expected to miss their first paycheck, on Friday, since the shutdown began on Dec. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The president seems to be insensitive to that,\" Pelosi said. \"He thinks maybe they could just ask their father for more money. But they can't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Trump met with GOP senators, urging his fellow Republicans not to waver in their demand for a border wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Republicans are totally unified,\" Trump told reporters after that meeting. \"There was no discussion about anything other than solidarity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11717147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/gettyimages-1079805070_custom-a4ec84a1861d8b00ab4335722a58e93dae17454b-800x516.jpg\" alt=\"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak to the media following a meeting with President Trump about the partial government shutdown at the White House on Wednesday.\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11717147\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak to the media following a meeting with President Trump about the partial government shutdown at the White House on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The president insisted that a compromise is still possible, but he also threatened to use \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/07/682965555/fact-check-can-trump-use-emergency-powers-to-build-the-wall\">emergency powers\u003c/a> if necessary to fund the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think we'll have to do that, but you never know,\" Trump told reporters. \"I really believe the Democrats and the Republicans are working together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was little evidence of that during the White House meeting or on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers from both parties traded barbs and blamed the shutdown on the other side's inflexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's prime-time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday appeared to have done little to change the terms of the debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schumer dismissed the president's speech as \"little more than a rehash of spurious arguments and misleading statistics that the president has been using for weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In no way did the president's speech last night make a persuasive or even a new case for an exorbitantly expensive border wall,\" Schumer said, noting that he is talking about \"a wall that the president guaranteed would be paid by Mexico.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats accused the president of using the shutdown to gain political leverage, while forcing Transportation Security Administration officers, food safety inspectors and Border Patrol agents to work without pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717004/fact-check-trumps-oval-office-pitch-for-a-border-wall\">FACT CHECK: Trump's Oval Office Pitch for a Border Wall\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717004/fact-check-trumps-oval-office-pitch-for-a-border-wall\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/gettyimages-1079458526_custom-ebaa60d83e3b6015f89bb80f16ea4c651dd3cd32-1180x798.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A handful of GOP senators have broken with their party and voiced concern about the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't like government shutdowns,\" said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. \"I don't think they're a good way to govern, and we ought to be able to get our work done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has not budged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McConnell described the president's wall proposal as \"imminently reasonable,\" and noted that Democrats have supported similar border barriers in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Steel fencing was fine, even salutary, when President Obama was in the White House,\" McConnell complained. \"But it's 'immoral' when President Trump occupies the office.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McConnell blasted Schumer for holding up Senate votes on unrelated foreign policy measures during the budget impasse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Do Democrats want to hold everything hostage?\" McConnell asked. \"I urge my Democratic colleagues more strongly to get past this purely partisan spite.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congressional Democrats are equally dug in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Democrats have consistently indicated that we are willing to substantially increase funding for border security,\" said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. \"But we are not willing to waste taxpayer dollars on a medieval border wall that is a fifth century solution to a 21st century problem. And we are certainly not willing to reward a presidential temper tantrum that has shut down the government for 19 days.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., added, \"I just think this is a situation where (Trump) is holding the American people hostage to a vanity wall fantasy. He should let that go. It's absolutely false that the border wall is the way to deal with any humanitarian crisis or national security.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump described the federal employees who have been furloughed or are working without pay as \"terrific patriots\" and has insisted without evidence that both government workers and the general public support his effort to secure funding for the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The people out there want something to happen at our Southern border,\" Trump said. \"It's a very bad political issue for the Democrats. That I can tell you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-poll/a-growing-number-of-americans-blame-trump-for-shutdown-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1P223U\">Reuters/Ipsos poll\u003c/a> published Tuesday found only about 4 in 10 Americans support the idea of building additional barriers along the border, and support has fallen since 2015. The same poll found 51 percent of Americans say the president \"deserves most of the blame\" for the government shutdown — an increase of 4 percentage points since a poll taken just before Christmas. Among Republicans, however, support for the wall is much stronger, with 77 percent approving and 54 percent supporting the shutdown as a means to that end. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27Bye-Bye%27%3A+Trump+Walks+Out+Of+White+House+Meeting+With+Democrats+About+Shutdown&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We saw a temper tantrum,\" Schumer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice President Pence blamed Democrats for refusing to give ground on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In this brief meeting, we heard once again that Democratic leaders are unwilling to even negotiate to resolve this partial government shutdown or address the crisis at our Southern border,\" Pence said. \"What the president made clear today is he is going to stand firm to achieve his priorities: to build a wall, a steel barrier on the Southern border.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the two sides at an impasse, some 800,000 federal employees are expected to miss their first paycheck, on Friday, since the shutdown began on Dec. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The president seems to be insensitive to that,\" Pelosi said. \"He thinks maybe they could just ask their father for more money. But they can't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Trump met with GOP senators, urging his fellow Republicans not to waver in their demand for a border wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Republicans are totally unified,\" Trump told reporters after that meeting. \"There was no discussion about anything other than solidarity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11717147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/gettyimages-1079805070_custom-a4ec84a1861d8b00ab4335722a58e93dae17454b-800x516.jpg\" alt=\"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak to the media following a meeting with President Trump about the partial government shutdown at the White House on Wednesday.\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11717147\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak to the media following a meeting with President Trump about the partial government shutdown at the White House on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The president insisted that a compromise is still possible, but he also threatened to use \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/07/682965555/fact-check-can-trump-use-emergency-powers-to-build-the-wall\">emergency powers\u003c/a> if necessary to fund the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think we'll have to do that, but you never know,\" Trump told reporters. \"I really believe the Democrats and the Republicans are working together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was little evidence of that during the White House meeting or on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers from both parties traded barbs and blamed the shutdown on the other side's inflexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's prime-time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday appeared to have done little to change the terms of the debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schumer dismissed the president's speech as \"little more than a rehash of spurious arguments and misleading statistics that the president has been using for weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In no way did the president's speech last night make a persuasive or even a new case for an exorbitantly expensive border wall,\" Schumer said, noting that he is talking about \"a wall that the president guaranteed would be paid by Mexico.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats accused the president of using the shutdown to gain political leverage, while forcing Transportation Security Administration officers, food safety inspectors and Border Patrol agents to work without pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717004/fact-check-trumps-oval-office-pitch-for-a-border-wall\">FACT CHECK: Trump's Oval Office Pitch for a Border Wall\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717004/fact-check-trumps-oval-office-pitch-for-a-border-wall\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/gettyimages-1079458526_custom-ebaa60d83e3b6015f89bb80f16ea4c651dd3cd32-1180x798.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A handful of GOP senators have broken with their party and voiced concern about the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't like government shutdowns,\" said Sen. 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And we are certainly not willing to reward a presidential temper tantrum that has shut down the government for 19 days.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., added, \"I just think this is a situation where (Trump) is holding the American people hostage to a vanity wall fantasy. He should let that go. It's absolutely false that the border wall is the way to deal with any humanitarian crisis or national security.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump described the federal employees who have been furloughed or are working without pay as \"terrific patriots\" and has insisted without evidence that both government workers and the general public support his effort to secure funding for the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The people out there want something to happen at our Southern border,\" Trump said. \"It's a very bad political issue for the Democrats. 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"content": "\u003cp>President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for his controversial border wall. The president's demand for $5.7 billion in wall funding — and Democrats' opposition — has led to a partial shutdown of the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here we check some of the arguments made by the president and top Democrats in their response.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Trump's Speech\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 1: Humanitarian and security crisis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"There is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our Southern border.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>Illegal border crossings in the most recent fiscal year (ending in September 2018) were \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration\">actually lower than either 2016 or 2014\u003c/a> and much lower than at their peak around 2000. The number of unauthorized border-crossers is also dwarfed by the number of people who overstay their visas. But there has been a spike in crossings in the past few months, topping 60,000 in both October and November. And while illegal crossings are still well below the levels of a generation ago, the makeup of the traffic has changed. There are now many more children and families from Central America, who present different challenges than single adults from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the Central American migrants are seeking asylum, citing a fear of violence or persecution back home. While the majority of these asylum claims are ultimately rejected, assessing them can take months or years. In the past, asylum-seekers were typically released into the U.S. during this period, a practice the Trump administration criticizes as \"catch and release.\" The administration wants to detain migrants while their asylum claims are adjudicated. This has led to overcrowded detention centers. And under a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/22/622678753/the-history-of-the-flores-settlement-and-its-effects-on-immigration\">court order\u003c/a>, young migrants generally cannot be detained for more than about 20 days. (The administration tried to get around that last year with its ill-fated and short-lived family separation policy, to allow indefinite detention of adults while children were turned over to the Health and Human Services Department or resettled with family members.) Importantly, most asylum-seekers turn themselves in to U.S. authorities, which they could do with or without a border wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 2: Driving down jobs and wages\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"All Americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration. It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>The effect of illegal immigration on wages has been studied extensively, and conclusions vary quite a bit. Because of the underground nature of the problem, hard evidence can be hard to come by. Some evidence exists that because illegal immigrants tend to be low-skilled, they compete with native-born workers and can lower wages for those at the bottom of the income scale. But they can also reduce the cost of production in some industries, which can mean lower prices for Americans as a whole. Indeed, many employers complain that in today's tight labor market, the shortage of immigrant labor is driving up their costs. As for the president's claim that illegal immigrants drain public resources, many studies have concluded that while illegal immigrants may drive up the cost of government services in some places, they also make up for it by paying taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 3: ICE arrests\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records including those charged [with] or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes and 4,000 violent killings. Over the years, thousands of Americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country.\" \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>The president is right about the total number of arrests of immigrants with criminal records that ICE has arrested over the past two years. But that number alone is misleading, because many of those of immigrants have very likely committed immigration-related offenses rather than violent crimes as the president is suggesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has frequently pointed to sympathetic crime victims to justify his crackdown on illegal immigration. But experts say the president's rhetoric overstates\u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/blog/white-houses-misleading-error-ridden-narrative-immigrants-crime\"> the threat posed by immigrants\u003c/a>, who tend to commit crime at lower rates than people who are born in the United States — including murder and other violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 4: Illegal drugs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Our Southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs. ... My administration has presented Congress with a detailed proposal to secure the border and stop the criminal gangs, drug smugglers and human traffickers. It's a tremendous problem.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-11/DIR-032-18%202018%20NDTA%20final%20low%20resolution.pdf#page=31\">Drug Enforcement Administration\u003c/a>, most illegal drugs imported to the U.S. from Mexico are smuggled through legal ports of entry. Only a small fraction comes through parts of the border that would be covered by a wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 5: Wall paid for by Mexico\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"The wall will also be paid for, indirectly, by the great new trade deal we have made with Mexico.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president is referring to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which was signed by the leaders of the three countries on Nov. 30, 2018. In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the new pact would usher in huge economic benefits, essentially making up for the cost of the wall. The problem with that is twofold: First, the agreement has to be approved by Congress, and that's not a sure thing, so presumptions about how much money it will bring in are premature. Second, many economists say the new agreement is at best a modest reworking of the North American Free Trade Agreement and are skeptical about its economic benefits. Typical was Phil Levy of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/phillevy/2018/12/18/can-the-new-nafta-pay-for-trumps-wall/#16b0b7c5ee10\">who wrote that\u003c/a> \"there is very little in the USMCA to suggest it will create an economic growth spurt in the United States.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 6: $5.7 billion request\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Law enforcement professionals have requested $5.7 billion for a physical barrier. At the request of Democrats it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall. This barrier is absolutely critical to border security.\" \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>The administration's \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/congress-must-do-more-to-address-the-border-crisis/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wh\">latest request\u003c/a> — presented to lawmakers over the weekend — seeks $5.7 billion for 234 miles of \"new physical barrier,\" which works out to about $24 million per mile. That's a shift from December, when Homeland Security said it wanted $5.7 billion to secure 215 miles of border but only 100 miles of that was expected to be a new barrier. The rest would go to restoring existing walls and fences. The switch from concrete to steel was not made at the request of Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the administration is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for additional border guards, immigration judges, detention beds and \"to ensure the well-being of those taken into custody.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Democrats' Response\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim: Democrats and the president want border security\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: \"Make no mistake. Democrats and the president both want stronger border security. However, we sharply disagree with the president about the most effective way to do it.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the president's proposed border wall as costly, ineffective and immoral. \"We're not doing a wall,\" Pelosi said. \"A wall is an immorality between countries.\" Though, as the president noted, congressional Democrats including Schumer have at times \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/23/mick-mulvaney/fact-check-did-top-democrats-vote-border-wall-2006/\">supported border barriers in the past\u003c/a>. Nearly 700 miles of wall and fencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/05/us/border-wall.html\">have already been built\u003c/a> along the U.S. border with Mexico since 2006. Some have argued that where walls make sense, they have already been built and where they haven't been built, they don't make sense. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the Central American migrants are seeking asylum, citing a fear of violence or persecution back home. While the majority of these asylum claims are ultimately rejected, assessing them can take months or years. In the past, asylum-seekers were typically released into the U.S. during this period, a practice the Trump administration criticizes as \"catch and release.\" The administration wants to detain migrants while their asylum claims are adjudicated. This has led to overcrowded detention centers. And under a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/22/622678753/the-history-of-the-flores-settlement-and-its-effects-on-immigration\">court order\u003c/a>, young migrants generally cannot be detained for more than about 20 days. (The administration tried to get around that last year with its ill-fated and short-lived family separation policy, to allow indefinite detention of adults while children were turned over to the Health and Human Services Department or resettled with family members.) Importantly, most asylum-seekers turn themselves in to U.S. authorities, which they could do with or without a border wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 2: Driving down jobs and wages\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"All Americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration. It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>The effect of illegal immigration on wages has been studied extensively, and conclusions vary quite a bit. Because of the underground nature of the problem, hard evidence can be hard to come by. Some evidence exists that because illegal immigrants tend to be low-skilled, they compete with native-born workers and can lower wages for those at the bottom of the income scale. But they can also reduce the cost of production in some industries, which can mean lower prices for Americans as a whole. Indeed, many employers complain that in today's tight labor market, the shortage of immigrant labor is driving up their costs. As for the president's claim that illegal immigrants drain public resources, many studies have concluded that while illegal immigrants may drive up the cost of government services in some places, they also make up for it by paying taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 3: ICE arrests\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records including those charged [with] or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes and 4,000 violent killings. Over the years, thousands of Americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country.\" \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>The president is right about the total number of arrests of immigrants with criminal records that ICE has arrested over the past two years. But that number alone is misleading, because many of those of immigrants have very likely committed immigration-related offenses rather than violent crimes as the president is suggesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has frequently pointed to sympathetic crime victims to justify his crackdown on illegal immigration. But experts say the president's rhetoric overstates\u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/blog/white-houses-misleading-error-ridden-narrative-immigrants-crime\"> the threat posed by immigrants\u003c/a>, who tend to commit crime at lower rates than people who are born in the United States — including murder and other violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 4: Illegal drugs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Our Southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs. ... My administration has presented Congress with a detailed proposal to secure the border and stop the criminal gangs, drug smugglers and human traffickers. It's a tremendous problem.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-11/DIR-032-18%202018%20NDTA%20final%20low%20resolution.pdf#page=31\">Drug Enforcement Administration\u003c/a>, most illegal drugs imported to the U.S. from Mexico are smuggled through legal ports of entry. Only a small fraction comes through parts of the border that would be covered by a wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim 5: Wall paid for by Mexico\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"The wall will also be paid for, indirectly, by the great new trade deal we have made with Mexico.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president is referring to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which was signed by the leaders of the three countries on Nov. 30, 2018. In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the new pact would usher in huge economic benefits, essentially making up for the cost of the wall. The problem with that is twofold: First, the agreement has to be approved by Congress, and that's not a sure thing, so presumptions about how much money it will bring in are premature. Second, many economists say the new agreement is at best a modest reworking of the North American Free Trade Agreement and are skeptical about its economic benefits. 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This barrier is absolutely critical to border security.\" \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fact check: \u003c/strong>The administration's \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/congress-must-do-more-to-address-the-border-crisis/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wh\">latest request\u003c/a> — presented to lawmakers over the weekend — seeks $5.7 billion for 234 miles of \"new physical barrier,\" which works out to about $24 million per mile. That's a shift from December, when Homeland Security said it wanted $5.7 billion to secure 215 miles of border but only 100 miles of that was expected to be a new barrier. The rest would go to restoring existing walls and fences. 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