On this episode of The Edit, we speak with contributor Massoud Hayoun about his story about Vilma Carrillo, a migrant from Guatemala seeking asylum in the United States. Carrillo's daughter was born in the U.S. and has American citizenship, as a result she was taken from her mother, because immigration officials refused to detain a citizen with an asylum seeker.

During the conversation Hayoun discusses Carrillo's situation, the U.S.'s immense immigration backlog, and how the Trump administration has attempted to address this ongoing issue.