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Americast: Beto on the Border: Ex Presidential Candidate on the US Immigration Crisis

Beto on the Border: Ex Presidential Candidate on the US Immigration Crisis

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And Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani are back in court.

In a week dominated by legal cases, the team takes you into the virtual Americast courtroom to dissect the various trials involving Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani.

Sarah’s back from her trip to the US/Mexico border and tells us how it relates to a funding deadlock in Congress for support to Ukraine. 

One person who lives on that border is former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. He dials in to chat about how the deadlock can be broken and enters his own predictions into the Americast time capsule…

HOSTS:
• Sarah Smith, North America editor
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter 
• Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent 
• Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent 

GUEST: 
• Beto O’Rourke, Former Democrat presidential candidate 

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This episode was made by George Dabby with Alix Pickles, Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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