President Donald Trump greets Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen after he arrived on Air Force One at Naval Air Facility El Centro, in El Centro, Calif., Friday April 5, 2019.

White House Signals Fiercer Border Agenda

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 8, 2019

Washington Post immigration reporter Maria Sacchetti discusses the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and related news around President Trump’s hardening immigration policy and posture toward migrants on the border.

Plus, New York State Senator Brian Benjamin (D 30^th) discusses his sponsorship of the New York SCAR Act that would require speedier reporting from facilities in New York that care for unaccompanied minors and those separated from their parents at the border.

When the President says "the country is full," how do you hear the meaning of that? And how would you like the US to respond to the rise of asylum seekers? Call or tweet!

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