The U.S. is deporting Nicaraguan asylum seekers
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🗓️ 4 September 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi there, is the Mayor, Marissa Lang with the Washington Post. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, it's Dossie, I want to pick your brain on the truck. |
| 0:11.0 | Hi, Wayne's Jonathan Johnson. |
| 0:13.0 | This is Post Reports. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm routine powers. |
| 0:16.0 | It's Friday, September 4. |
| 0:24.0 | Today, the story behind why some political dissidents are being denied their right to |
| 0:29.6 | win a silent hearing. |
| 0:35.6 | We've been covering the situation in Nicaragua over the last few years, basically as it's descended, |
| 0:41.6 | deeper and deeper into chaos. |
| 0:45.6 | We started hearing over the last few months that some of those people, including people who post-corespondents |
| 0:51.6 | have interviewed in the past, had tried to migrate to the US, and upon arriving at the US border, |
| 0:58.6 | have been put on airplanes and sent directly back to Nicaragua. |
| 1:04.6 | My name is Kevin Seaf, and I am the Mexico and Central America Bureau Chief for the Post. |
| 1:13.6 | So normally you could go to the US border, and upon crossing the border you could basically tell the |
| 1:20.6 | agent, tell the immigration agent that you're there because you're fleeing persecution in your country of origin. |
| 1:26.6 | And that would sort of launch this asylum process. |
| 1:29.6 | You would then have a credible fear interview, and eventually you would have multiple court dates, |
| 1:34.6 | and you'd present your case to an immigration judge. |
| 1:39.6 | Hello. |
| 1:44.6 | Hola, meces. |
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