The Murky Future of Detained Children, Death Penalty Guilt, China's Transportation Expansion

Midday on WNYC | Jul 13, 2018

Amy Littlefield and Tina Vasquez discuss children being separated at the border are being sent to a religious adoption agency with a troubling record. Lindy Lou Isonhood talks about being on a jury that handed down the death penalty to a Mississippi man convicted of a double homicide. Jessica Morales Rocketto and Anu Joshi discuss the Families Belong Together Coalition, which consists of a diverse array of organizations, led primarily by women of color, and is assisting in reuniting separated immigrant families. Will Doig talks about the Pan-Asia Railway portion of China’s One Belt One Road could transform Southeast Asia, bringing shiny Chinese cities, entire economies, and waves of migrants where none existed before. 

The segment is guest hosted by Arun Venugopal. 

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