Understanding Self-Deportation and the Need for Immigration Reform

President Donald Trump swore to tackle illegal immigration in his first moments in office. His administration says he's living up to his word, but his actions over the last 100 days have raised big questions about treatment of immigrants under U.S. law.

This includes ramping up pressure on immigrants – those here legally and without legal status – to leave the United States of their own volition, or "self deport."

For many immigrants, self-deporting means leaving the only country, culture, and community they have ever known. We sit down with one woman who made the grueling decision to leave the United States.

We talk about current U.S. immigration policy.

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