The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Hope Frye, an internationally recognized immigration lawyer focused on disadvantaged populations, especially women and children. She is the Co-founder and executive director of 'Project Lifeline,' a nonprofit focused on children who are or were in immigration detention in CBP jails, ORR shelters or ICE family detention facilities. Their mission spans the child’s experience with the goal of providing continuity of care. They are the only nonprofit with a medical and legal programs.

Project Lifeline's website is www.ProjectLifeline.us and their Twitter handle is @ProjLifeline.

Hope and Brad discuss a new video that is challenging the narrative put out by U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding the recent death of a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant while in their custody. Carlos Gregario Hernandez Vasquez died in a South Texas Border Patrol Station on the morning of May 20th, but not the way CBP would have the public believe, video published by ProPublica indicates.
Hope and Brad also analyze what's causing the disturbing trend that has led to six children dying while entering the U.S. after being detained by government officials since December 2018.

During the second half of the show, Brad is joined by Hope Frye's colleague, Dr. Dona Kim Murphey. Dr. Murphey is the other Co-founder of 'Project Lifeline,' (along with Hope Frye), where she is the Director of Medical Initiatives.

Under the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols program (MPP), or “Remain in Mexico," asylum seekers are forced to stay in Mexican border cities for the duration of their asylum proceedings—a process that can take months or years. Since MPP was implemented in late January, more than 50,000 people have been sent back to wait in Mexico. Matamoros is one of the Mexican cities where refugees have been forced to live while they wait for their asylum proceedings. There are about 1,500 people living in a squalid tent camp in Matamoros, half of which are children, and according to Amnesty International.

Dona and Project Lifeline just rolled out a new service this past weekend for the refugees waiting in Matamoros, Mexico, where they provide asylum seekers with forensic psych evaluations. Since Dona was just in Matamoros this past weekend, she knows the latest on the conditions there. The cartel presence makes it too dangerous for humanitarian organizations to come in and provide regular food, water and sanitation. However, CBP has deemed Matamoros safe enough for refugees to wait months for their hearings, and calls any accounts of kidnapping and violence “anecdotal,” yet the State Department warns U.S. citizens that it is a “Level 4 – Do Not Travel” region “due to kidnapping and crime.”

Dr. Murphey's Twitter handle is @dunkindona.

Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

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