PBS NewsHour

August 10, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, August 10, the latest on the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Also, LGBTQ asylum seekers are often lost in the immigration debate, and a look at whether employers in Mississippi’s ICE raids will be prosecuted. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

LGBTQ asylum seekers persecuted at home and in U.S. custody

9m 42s

With more than 800,000 migrants currently applying for asylum in the U.S., a growing number of immigrants rights groups are calling attention to the plight of LGBTQ people, many of whom are seeking asylum because of persecution back home due to their gender identity and sexuality. Some also say they are facing similar abuse in U.S. immigration detention facilities. Ivette Feliciano reports.

Previews + Extras

  • Mississippi employers in ICE raids unlikely to be prosecuted: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mississippi employers in ICE raids unlikely to be prosecuted

    S2019 E248 - 3m 59s

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, raided several Mississippi food processing plants this week, detaining hundreds of suspected undocumented immigrants. However, it appears unlikely that their employers will be prosecuted. Adolfo Flores, national security correspondent for immigration at Buzzfeed News, joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.

  • Federal officials ask why Epstein was not on suicide watch: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Federal officials ask why Epstein was not on suicide watch

    S2019 E248 - 3m 47s

    Federal authorities are calling for an investigation after wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead of an apparent suicide in a New York jail on Saturday morning, just weeks after another reported attempt to take his own life. Epstein was in custody on sex-trafficking charges. Pervaiz Shallwani, senior editor at The Daily Beast, joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.

  • After Epstein’s death, only a trail of documents remain: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    After Epstein’s death, only a trail of documents remain

    S2019 E248 - 5m 7s

    Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier who was awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, died by apparent suicide Saturday morning, a day after a federal court in New York unsealed a trove of documents related to his case. Julie Brown, the Miami Herald reporter who has been investigating the Epstein sex scandal for more than two years, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

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