Spectacle of Suffering: Social Media and Immigration

The Trump administration's anti-immigration campaign has become defined by distasteful memes that gleefully portray the mass deportations being carried out across the country. It’s impossible to ignore… which is exactly what the administration wants. 

Guest: Drew Harwell, tech reporter at the Washington Post.  

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Podcast production by Patrick Fort. 

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