How New Rules On Immigration Impact The Undocumented

A truck drives near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico.
A truck drives near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico. Christian Torres / AP Photo
A truck drives near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico.
A truck drives near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico. Christian Torres / AP Photo

How New Rules On Immigration Impact The Undocumented

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The Trump administration has signed two executive orders on immigration and this week the Department of Homeland Security issued two memos laying out the practical measures that were being taken to accelerate the deportation of undocumented immigrants.

We talk about the changes and how they impact undocumented immigrants with Galya Ruffer, founding Director of the Center for Forced Migration Studies at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University and author of the new book, Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status: The Role of Witness, Expertise, and Testimony.