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World Service,25 Feb 2017,26 mins

Neighbours

Boston Calling

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“There’s nothing wrong with any country insisting that their laws be followed.’’ A US sheriff explains why he supports Trump’s crackdown on unauthorised immigrants; immigrants at a “day labour” centre consider “self-deporting”; a city debates offering “sanctuary” to undocumented immigrants and things get ugly; Chandran Kukathas, a political science professor, asks why we even need borders; a businessman spends $1 million of his own money to help settle Syrian refugees; and a Swedish director learns that you can't direct a cat. (Image: Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson, of Bristol County Massachusetts, opens a door in his jail. Credit: Bristol County Sheriff’s Office)

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