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Migrant flow intensifies Border Patrol's staffing crunch
S2019 E104 - 3m 55s
In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to hire 5,000 additional border patrol agents. Two years later, only 118 have joined the agency. USA Today reporter Alan Gomez talks with Hari Sreenivasan about how changing schedules, remote locations with few amenities, increasing workloads and stress have made recruiting, deploying and retaining agents a challenge.
Sackler family faces continuing legal issues over OxyContin
S2019 E104 - 9m 33s
The Sackler family, once known for philanthropy, has been embroiled in lawsuits and settlements to keep details of their pharmaceutical company's activities out of public view. Purdue Pharma is the maker of the highly addictive opioid OxyContin. Author and former New York Times reporter Barry Meier joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss his reporting on the opioid epidemic and the Sacklers.
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