What started decades ago at the U.S.-Mexico border didn’t stay there.

Journalist, author, and professor Jean Guerrero speaks with Maria Hinojosa and argues that communities on the southern border were a “testing ground” for the increased immigration enforcement that we’re seeing play out across U.S. cities. Jean also makes the case that Honduras may be the next laboratory for something called “startup cities” which could be replicated here. 

Collage by Luis Luna (Photos by Can Hasasu/Anadolu, Kevin Carter, Anna Watts For The Washington Post, Madison Thorn/Anadolu. All via Getty Images)

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