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Dot this is fresh air.
I'm Tanya Moseley.
Immigration remains a pivotal issue in this presidential election, with former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris presenting starkly different visions for America's immigration policy.
Trump has doubled down on his hardline stance, promising an unprecedented crackdown if re elected.
He's vowed on his first day in office to launch the largest deportation operation in us history, ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and reinstating controversial policies like the remain in Mexico program.
Harris, on the other hand, says she will attempt to reframe the immigration debate, emphasizing her experience as California's attorney general in prosecuting transnational gangs and human traffickers.
She's pledged, if elected, to revive bipartisan border security legislation and address the root causes of migration from Central America.
My guest today, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson, has been covering us immigration for several years now.
Last winter, Dickerson and photojournalist Lindsey Adario traveled the Darien Gap, one of the most dangerous paths to the US, to give a firsthand account of the journey, where nearly half a million migrants a year face the threat of snake filled jungles, flash floods, sweltering heat, sexual violence, and even death.
Caitlin Dickerson chronicles what she saw and the migrants she followed in the Atlantic September cover story, the impossible path to America.
Caitlin DIckerson, welcome back to fresh air.
Thanks, Tanya.
I'm grateful to be here.
The Darien gap, as I understand it, has historically been seen as a last resort because it's difficult to navigate through and really dangerous.
So why has it exploded in popularity over the last few years?
That's right.