President Trump Address The Nation On Border Security

President Trump Oval Office
President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday in Washington. Carlos Barria/Pool Photo / Associated Press
President Trump Oval Office
President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday in Washington. Carlos Barria/Pool Photo / Associated Press

President Trump Address The Nation On Border Security

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President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night in an effort to drum support for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s his signature issue, and one that’s brought on a government shutdown.

Claudia Flores of the the University of Chicago’s International Human Rights Clinic joins the Morning Shift for her reaction and analysis of President Trump’s speech.

GUEST: Claudia Flores, associate clinical professor of law and director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago

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