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Immigration 2018: National Emergency or Manufactured Crisis?

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Leaked audio of wailing migrant children, separated from their parents; President Trump's deployment of National Guard and active-duty troops for what he called “a national emergency”; and images of families fleeing spreading tear gas fumes at the U.S.-Mexico border will be remembered as the most evocative displays of Trump’s immigration policies of 2018. VOA’s Ramon Taylor takes us through the high drama border moments that have begun to define President Trump’s legacy.