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In our first episode of the New Year, Maria and Julio discuss the latest in immigration policy: the deaths of two migrant kids detained by U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the southern border. They also talk about the urgency of a more objective \u2014and more humane\u2014 media coverage on immigration issues and take a look at the challenges that lay ahead for the new and most diverse Congress to be sworn in.

ITT Staff Picks:

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• The Washington Post examines\xa0Trump administration's lack of an effective policy to save children\u2019s lives, not only at the border but all over the US as a consequence of gun violence and the opioid epidemic.
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fights back after the release of\xa0an old video of her dancing when she was an undergraduate student at Boston University. \xa0
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• \nThree narratives to nix from immigration reporting in 2019, from ITT guest, Tina Vasquez at Rewire.News
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