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Flooded out, then scared of the shelters – the undocumented of Houston

Ali meets with Jarrett Barrios, the CEO of the Red Cross Los Angeles, who tells of the mission to Houston, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey.

Many undocumented immigrants whose homes were wrecked still refused to go to the shelters, for fear of deportation.

And, later, why the citizenship question on the 2020 census will under-count key populations, leaving some states short of funding and political representation.

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