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Struggle over Sanctuary: The Kate Steinle Murder Trial

Q'ed Up

English - October 25, 2017 22:04 - 9 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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President Donald J. Trump rose to power on a wave of anti-immigrant, nationalist sentiment. He wove a narrative of "bad" Mexicans, immigrants flooding over the border, bringing with them drugs and guns. And he used the case of Kate Steinle -- a 32-year-old white woman shot and killed on a San Francisco pier by a Mexican National -- to help sell the story.  As the Kate Steinle murder trial begins in San Francisco, KQED reporters unpack the facts and falsehoods surrounding her tragic death.

President Donald J. Trump rose to power on a wave of anti-immigrant, nationalist sentiment. He wove a narrative of “bad” Mexicans, immigrants flooding over the border, bringing with them drugs and guns. And he used the case of Kate Steinle — a 32-year-old white woman shot and killed on a San Francisco pier by a Mexican National — to help sell the story.  As the Kate Steinle murder trial begins in San Francisco, KQED reporters unpack the facts and falsehoods surrounding her tragic death.