ASSOCIATED PRESS
Roma, Texas – 24 March 2021
1. Various rafts filled with migrants, some seeking asylum in the U.S., crossing the Rio Grande River at sunset piloted by a smuggler
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2. Various U.S. Border Patrol agents direct migrants where to dock and migrants after coming across river
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Washington - 31 March 2021
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Howell, Senior Advisor, The Heritage Foundation:
"The Biden administration was absolutely warned in very clear, uncertain terms, what undoing all of the things the Trump administration had put in place would do, along with sending this kind of message south of the border that we're open for business. We're shutting down ICE. We're stopping building the wall. Biden's going to take care of you better. All of these things manifest in this very predictable disaster where we have this overcrowding and terrible conditions."
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Donna, Texas - 30 March 2021
4. Wide pan of migrants being held in facility
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New York - 31 March 2021
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Deepak Bhargava, Co-Editor, Immigration Matters:
"There were efforts by the Obama administration to allow kids and parents to apply for asylum in their home countries. The Trump administration shut those down. The Trump administration wouldn't allow children to come to the United States to seek asylum, so there's been a huge backlog in terms of the numbers of those kids. The Trump administration broke the system for housing kids in non-customs and border patrol facilities and humane facilities. So what we're seeing now is really the result of four years of destruction by the Trump administration."
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Donna, Texas - 30 March 2021
6. Various of children in facility, covered in trauma blankets
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Washington - 31 March 2021
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Howell, Senior Advisor, The Heritage Foundation:
"What the Trump administration did with the asylum system is they made it very, very strong in that it looked for cases where people were actually eligible. It tried to cut down the amount of cases whereby people would claim asylum as a vehicle for illegal immigration. So the Trump administration focused on those in need and took out the fraudulent claims for those who would not apply."
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Donna, Texas - 30 March 2021
8. Wide of children picking up drinks under supervision of CBP officer
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New York - 31 March 2021
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Deepak Bhargava, Co-Editor, Immigration Matters:
"I think the Biden administration staff want to get the kids good housing and good medical care, and they believe that they deserve fair hearings under our law. We are not there now. The conditions are not acceptable now and they need to be improved. It is going to take some time. The Biden administration should be pushed to do it as fast as possible. But it's going to take a long time to recover from four years of decimation of the immigration system."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Roma, Texas – 24 March 2021
10. Small child looks on as border agents process migrants