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Defining the Crisis at the Southern Border

April Ryan
June 18, 2019

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Migrants scramble across the Rio Bravo to surrender to the American authorities, on the US – Mexico border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/ Photo/Christian Torres)

Mexico and immigration and the southern border are an issue that continues to spiral and it is causing a security crisis.

AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan speaks with former Homeland Security Head Jeh Johnson who acknowledges there is a crisis at the southern border, but not as necessarily defined by the president. The crisis began thousands of miles away in Central America.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan