On the recordJune 27, 2025
If you show up, you could get detained and deported. … If you don’t show up, then you are now in violation of the immigration regulations, and you’re deemed as an absconder.
Pramila Jayapal: “If you show up, you could get detained and deported. … If you don’t show up, then you are now in violation of the…”
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Jayapal explains the dilemma faced by asylum seekers under Trump's immigration policies.
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