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On this episode of Unpartisan: taking politics out of policy, we are tackling Refugee & Asylum Policy. This policy issue was so complex that we decided to break it up into 2-parts, so it’s easier for you to digest and to give time for the Department of Homeland Security to respond to some of our comments or come on the show for an interview. We have some amazing guests from the American Immigration Council, Cato Institute, American Academy of Pediatrics, Catholic Charities, and the Border Angels. We get a first hand look at the journey from El Salvador to the US Border from Enrique who is seeking asylum, and we help uncover the nuances of this complex topic through meaningful dialogue. We move through a diverse spectrum of voices taking us all the way from El Salvador through the processing and detention centers and what it’s like resettling refugees in American communities. Guests in order of appearance: Royce Bernstein Murray - Managing Director of Programs at American Immigration Council: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org Alan Shapiro - Medical Director, co-founder of Terra Firma, Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Senior Medical Director for Community Pediatric Programs: http://www.terrafirma.nyc Anne Scheid - Director of Refugee Resettlement Services at Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio: https://ccswoh.org/about/board-of-directorsexecutive-team/ David Bier - Immigration Policy Analyst at the CATO Institute: https://www.cato.org/people/david-bier Episode Cover Art: Dana Toon: www.danatoonstudios.com/; FB: www.facebook.com/DanaToonsCaricaTOONS/; IG: @danatoon For show notes and links to research and the information we used to formulate this episode, please follow this link to our episode page on our website and find the CBD Policy show notes downloadable document: www.unpartisanpolitics.org/episodes To stay in touch, Sign up to our mailing list at: www.unpartisanpolitics.org Or give us a like on Facebook and interact with the policy discussion: www.facebook.com/Unpartisanpolitics