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Social Media Buzz: Debate Over Border Wall Heats Up Online

Published January 27, 2017 at 2:11 PM CST
Multiple layers of steel walls, fences, razor wire and other barricades are viewed from the United States side of the of the U.S.-Mexico border on Jan. 26, 2017 in San Ysidro, Calif. (David McNew/AFP/Getty Images)
Multiple layers of steel walls, fences, razor wire and other barricades are viewed from the United States side of the of the U.S.-Mexico border on Jan. 26, 2017 in San Ysidro, Calif. (David McNew/AFP/Getty Images)

A meeting in Washington between President Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was canceled this week after disagreement over who would pay for President Trump’s proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Femi Oke ( @FemiOke) of Al Jazeera about how the debate has gone over online, and other news stories being discussed on social media.

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