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The number of immigrants detained in the United States each year has tripled since the September eleventh attacks, but medical spending has not kept pace. A Washington Post investigation raises questions about dozens of deaths and the treatment of sick immigrants in custody.
Dana Priest, investigative reporter for "The Washington Post" and author of "The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military"
Amy Goldstein, national social policy reporter for "The Washington Post"
Gary Mead, acting director of detention and removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Tom Jawetz, immigration detention staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project
Bestselling author and former Wall Street Journal reporter Roger Lowenstein explains how the looming pension crisis could dwarf the current sub-prime mortgage mess. He examines the how the country arrived at its current pension predicament... and what can be done to protect retirement security.
Roger Lowenstein, regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, SmartMoney, and Portfolio and author of three previous books.
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