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Hey, this is in Perfect Paradise, a show about hidden worlds and messy realities.

I'm Antonia Zedekido.

Election years are notorious as a time when rhetoric on immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border escalate on both sides of the political spectrum.

Even Democratic candidates over the past few decades have tended to take a more hard-line stance on immigration leading up to elections.

Just a few weeks ago, President Biden signed an executive order to cap asylum requests at the border during a surge.

...in actions to bar migrants who cross our southern border unlawfully.

A move the New York Times called the single most restrictive border policy instituted by any modern Democrat,

even though he'd condemned a similar measure under the Trump presidency back in 2018.

So in this election year, as the debates around immigration ramp up, as you're hearing sound bites and rallying cries,

they're poisoning the blood of our country.

We bring you a story about the toll America's immigration and border policies have on real people.

Because the election isn't less than six months, but the impact of these policies can last a lifetime.

Back in 2021, reporter Lorena Rios traveled to Ciudad Juarez

to meet up with a man named Daniel Samora in a small cafe.

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