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Mexican Citizens Share their Opinions & Experiences with Lakeshore Public Radio

Sharon Jackson
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Lakeshore Public Media

The political climate of late with the election of President Donald Trump is turbulent.

His Travel Ban, that targets predominately Muslim countries, the expanded field of undocumented immigrants targeted for deportation, Trump's repeated talk and promise of building a wall at the US/Mexico border and calling for 15-thousand more Border Patrol Agents and Immigration Customs Enforcement agents has sparked great anxiety among immigrants and those wanting to come to the United States.

Lakeshore Public Radio Reporter Sharon Jackson recently traveled close to the southern most point of Texas to visit family.  While there she took a day trip to Mexico to talk to people in the border town of Nuevo Progreso to get their opinions and ask about their experiences traveling to the United States.  
 

Sharon Jackson is the local host of "All Things Considered" and a reporter for Lakeshore Public Radio. She has been with 89.1 FM since its launch in 2009. Sharon is also a radio DJ in Chicago, and has been since 2004. In her previous job at Metro Networks/Westwood One, she was heard on am 890 WLS, WGN radio 720 am and am 560 WIND. She has also delivered news and traffic reports on radio stations all over Chicago and the suburbs including 95.9 The River, 98.3 WCCQ and Star 96.7.