How immigration became a crime

The Metro

How immigration became a crime

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Published on Jan 28, 2026, 3:13:39 PM
Total time: 00:29:05

Episode Description

In the wake of ICE killings in Minneapolis, questions about immigration enforcement have moved into the national spotlight. Legal scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández joined The Metro's Robyn Vincent to walk us through how immigration enforcement was built and how it came to resemble criminal policing.

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