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Identity Crisis

A Mexican immigrant who works in a Trump hotel calls out 鈥楾he Donald鈥�.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has laid out a controversial immigration plan that includes a call to end the principle that babies born in the US automatically qualify as citizens. We examine the origins and the effects of this principle, and we speak with Ricardo Aca鈥� a Mexican immigrant who works at a Trump hotel.

Then, two Pakistani-American brothers from Minnesota explain why they created 鈥楴oor Kids鈥�, a series of children's books intended for Muslim youth. The reporter Akiko Fujita retraces her grandfather鈥檚 uniquely Japanese-American past. And we mark the 100th anniversary of the US occupation of Haiti. Plus: Lipa Schmeltzer, the 鈥楬asidic Lady Gaga鈥�.

(Photo: Mexican football fans hold signs alluding to a June comment made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. He said: 鈥榃hen Mexico sends its people, they鈥檙e not sending their best... They鈥檙e sending people that have lots of problems鈥hey鈥檙e bringing drugs. They鈥檙e bringing crime. They鈥檙e rapists. And some, I assume, are good people鈥�. Credit: Ricardo Aca)

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Sat 22 Aug 2015 22:32GMT

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