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The Darien Gap is a treacherous stretch of jungle in Central America that for years saw hundreds of thousands of migrants making the risky trek north to the US border. But what was once one of the world’s more dangerous and heavily used migration routes is now nearly empty of people. Reporter Manuel Rueda tells host Marco Werman that the dramatic change is due to the Trump administration’s changes to the the US asylum process.