Unforeseen Circumstances
How unauthorised immigrants in the US might prepare for deportation.
The new year has ushered in new fears for unauthorised immigrants in the US, as the Obama administration kicked off 2016 with a new round of deportation raids. The journalist and immigration activist Sonia Nazario tells us why she believes these efforts are counterproductive, and then we hear how some immigrants prepare their children for the day that Mummy and Daddy don’t come home.
Plus: how a quirk in US law led to thousands of international adoptees becoming stateless. The wild tale of a US Hellfire missile that wound up in Cuba. The reasons you should think twice before bringing an avocado into the United States. And the massive global effort to supply rock salt to blizzard-prone Boston.
Image: A group of Guatemalans deported from the United States arrive at an air force base in Guatemala City on January 6, 2016. (Credit: Orlando Estrada/AFP/Getty Images)
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How a US Hellfire missile wound up in Cuba
Duration: 04:26
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A quirk in US law excludes international adoptees
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A mountain of salt for blizzard-prone Boston
Duration: 03:45
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- Sat 16 Jan 2016 05:32GMT±«Óătv World Service except News Internet
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How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
