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Iowa murder case vaults immigration back into the spotlight

Iowa murder case vaults immigration back into the spotlight.

08/23/2018

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Iowa murder case vaults immigration back into the spotlight

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Iowa murder case vaults immigration back into the spotlight.

The tragic killing of a young woman in Iowa might have been just another homicide, but it attracted widespread national attention when a Mexican immigrant, in the U.S. illegally, was charged with her murder. William Brangham reports on how the case of Mollie Tibbetts has been seized upon by President Trump and his party as representing the treacherous threat of illegal immigration.

08/23/2018

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