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A new US-Canada deal makes it harder for migrants to claim asylum. How does Vermont factor in?

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This hour, we'll discuss how a new deal between the U.S. and Canada makes it harder for migrants along the border to claim asylum.

Live call-in discussion: Vermont shares a 90-mile border with Canada, and a new deal between the U.S. and Canada makes it harder for migrants along the border to claim asylum. This hour, we'll learn about the new deal and talk to people who are supporting refugees and asylum seekers through the application process in both countries.

Our guests are:

  • Abdulla Daoud, executive director at
  • Jill Martin Diaz, lead attorney and assistant professor at
  • Anne Wallace Allen, business writer at

Broadcast live on Monday, April 10, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Andrea Laurion joined ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.