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Amazon gift card. Now let's get to the episode. This week the nation was

horrified by the image of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his daughter Angie Valeria,

dead face down in the murky water of the Rio Grande River.

This image has drawn new attention to the Trump administration's treatment of migrants

and comes on the heels of the administration's argument that a detention

facility that failed to provide soap or a toothbrush to children nonetheless constituted sanitary conditions.

Now presidential candidates, Julian Castro and Elizabeth Warren have called for repeal of the statute that makes it a crime to illegally enter the United States.

How has the Trump administration changed our approach to immigration.

What has caused the current crisis?

And what should be done to reform our immigration system?

Let's get on topic.

Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the

week's news.

My name is Renato Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor of practicing lawyer and a

CNN legal analyst. And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez who joins us regularly on this podcast.

Well Patty I have to say this topic is a crisis and it's important every week. It's a topic that we

really could be discussing all the time and last week when the Trump administration had made the argument in

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