882: Give a Little Whistle

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Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen to the audio, which includes emotion and emphasis that's not on the page. Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting in print. Immigration officials have been doing a lot of things lately that seem very hard to explain-- ignoring court orders, shooting civilians. And when asked why these things are happening, as we've all seen, we don't exactly get a frank and honest account from officials. What we get are talking points, many of which don't turn out to be true. But recently, refreshingly, two different lawyers who work for ICE stepped forward separately and lifted the curtain to reveal all kinds of details about what is really happening right now inside our immigration system. And I know there have been a couple of quotes from

Full episode Toggle Audio and Transcript Sync Prologue: Prologue Ira Glass Immigration officials have been doing a lot of things lately that seem very hard to explain-- ignoring court orders, shooting civilians. And when asked why these things are happening, as we've all seen, we don't exactly get a frank and honest account from officials. What we get are talking points, many of which don't turn out to be true. But recently, refreshingly, two different lawyers who work for ICE stepped forward separately and lifted the curtain to reveal all kinds of details about what is really happening right

882: Give a Little Whistle

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