Connecticut tries I.D. cards for undocumented workers

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This Thursday marks the one-year mark for the controversial business of issuing identification cards to undocumented migrants in New Haven, Connecticut. About 6,500 of the estimated 15,000 migrants now have the card, which provides access to libraries, a bank account and the public beach. Guest: Aswini Anburajan

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