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20. The Things We Get to Say

Elizabeth must watch what she says and does when she deals with a refugee situation while being shadowed by Neal Shin, a newspaper reporter who may use his access to write a tell-all book.

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A journalist is selected to shadow Elizabeth for 48 hours. Children in Honduras are fleeing the country due to gang violence, but Elizabeth is unable to offer asylum while Congress is considering Dalton's new immigration policy. Senator Morejon speaks out against the policy because it will reduce prison privatization. Elizabeth approaches a private prison contractor, one of Morejon's major donors, and suggests that he convert his excess prison space to take in the Honduran refugees.

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