Feb 2017

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The “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your...

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John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz discuss President Trump's immigration order, his nominee to the Supreme Court and the approaches of Washington's bureaucrats- should they change course?

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