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Targeting El Paso

FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration’s immigration testing ground, and then the target of a white supremacist. Interviews with current and former officials, Border Patrol agents, advocates and migrants tell the inside story from the epicenter of the border crisis.
Season 2020 Episode 1 Length 54:48 Premiere: 01/07/20

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Season 2020 Episodes

Return From ISIS
S2020 E24 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 12/15/20

American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil
S2020 E23 Length 54:23 Premiere Date 11/17/20

Whose Vote Counts
S2020 E22 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 10/20/20

America's Medical Supply Crisis
S2020 E21 Length 54:21 Premiere Date 10/06/20

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
S2020 E20 Length 1:54:21 Premiere Date 09/22/20

Policing the Police 2020
S2020 E19 Length 54:20 Premiere Date 09/15/20

Growing Up Poor in America
S2020 E18 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 09/08/20

Love, Life & the Virus/Undocumented in the Pandemic
S2020 E17 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 08/11/20

United States of Conspiracy
S2020 E16 Length 54:53 Premiere Date 07/28/20

COVID's Hidden Toll
S2020 E15 Length 54:26 Premiere Date 07/21/20

Once Upon A Time In Iraq
S2020 E14 Length 1:54:22 Premiere Date 07/14/20

Opioids, Inc.
S2020 E13 Length 54:23 Premiere Date 06/23/20

The Virus: What Went Wrong?
S2020 E12 Length 1:24:22 Premiere Date 06/16/20

Inside Italy's COVID War
S2020 E11 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 05/19/20

Coronavirus Pandemic
S2020 E10 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 04/21/20

China Undercover
S2020 E9 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 04/07/20

Plastic Wars
S2020 E8 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 03/31/20

NRA Under Fire
S2020 E7 Length 54:24 Premiere Date 03/24/20

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
S2020 E6 Length 1:54:22 Premiere Date 02/18/20

Battle for Hong Kong
S2020 E5 Length 54:17 Premiere Date 02/11/20

Taliban Country/The Luanda Leaks
S2020 E4 Length 54:48 Premiere Date 01/21/20

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part Two)
S2020 E3 Length 1:54:18 Premiere Date 01/13/20

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part One)
S2020 E2 Length 1:55:12 Premiere Date 01/13/20

Targeting El Paso
S2020 E1 Length 54:48 Premiere Date 01/07/20

2020: Year in Review | FRONTLINE
Clip Length 02:28 Premiere Date 12/01/20

Raney Aronson-Rath on FRONTLINE Peabody Institutional Award
Clip Length 03:20 Premiere Date 06/10/20

FRONTLINE Peabody Institutional Award
Preview Length 02:10 Premiere Date 06/09/20

Alexandra Salazar — Interview
Clip Length 01:10 Premiere Date 04/13/20

Shavonda Sisson — Interview
Clip Length 01:07 Premiere Date 04/13/20

Hannah Gleeson — Interview
Clip Length 01:51 Premiere Date 04/13/20

Doug Doeren — Interview
Clip Length 01:33 Premiere Date 04/13/20

"Targeting El Paso" - Preview
Preview Length 00:31 Premiere Date 01/07/20

A Child Held at Border Patrol’s Clint Facility Speaks Out
Clip Length 03:01 Premiere Date 01/07/20

Border Patrol Officer: Separating Families Was "Horrible"
Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 01/07/20

Haiti: The Aid Dilemma
Clip Length 14:49 Premiere Date 06/25/10

"Gangs of Iraq" - Preview
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 04/17/07

Obama Speaks at Harvard Law in '90
Clip Length 11:39 Premiere Date 04/24/90

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The key players behind President Trump's expansive use of the U.S. military. From clashes with allies, to taking out foreign leaders and waging war in the Middle East, examining the inner circle of advisers and officials trying to project U.S. power.

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