#1639 Migrants and Refugees on Fortress Earth: Our politicized, fortified, industrialized borders in the US and Europe

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🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Air Date 7/2/2024

Border security around the world continues to take turns for the dark and dystopian as right-wing sentiment against migrants and refugees continues to escalate to the extreme.

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Air Date 7/2/2024

Border security around the world continues to take turns for the dark and dystopian as right-wing sentiment against migrants and refugees continues to escalate to the extreme.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: First Illinois Latina Rep. Praises Biden's New Immigration Executive Order But Slams Border Shutdown - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-20-24

KP 2: EU Border Enforcement, Part 1 - It Could Happen Here - Air Date 6-4-24

KP 3: Migrants & Refugees, the Pope & Volkswagen - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Air Date 5-26-24

KP 4: Tunisia, EU scrutinized for harsh treatment of migrants along route from Africa to Europe - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 8-7-23

KP 5: Why Are Migrants Becoming AI Test Subjects? With Petra Molnar - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 6-20-24

KP 6: EU Border Enforcement, Part 2 - It Could Happen Here - Air Date 6-5-24

KP 7: Why Are Migrants Becoming AI Test Subjects? With Petra Molnar Part 2 - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 6-20-24

(52:45) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On our summer membership drive

DEEPER DIVES

(57:32) SECTION A: POLITICIZATION OF THE BORDER

(1:19:47) SECTION B: BRUTAL BORDER ENFORCEMENT

(1:36:40) SECTION C: BORDER INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

(1:48:14) SECTION D: MIGRANT STORIES

SHOW IMAGE:

Description: Composite graphic showing a deep blue ocean with the gold stars of the EU flag. On the horizon, a faded US flag is behind concertina wire fencing. In the center, a long boat full of refugees floats on the water.

Credit: Composite Design by A. Hoffman. | Composite imagery via Pixabay | Photo: “P52 Migrants 19 July 2015 03” by Oglaigh na hEireann, Flickr. License: CC BY 2.0 Changes: Cropped and reduced opacity

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0:15.0	Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast.
0:22.4	Border security around the world continues to take turns for the dark and dystopian as right-wing sentiment against migrants and refugees continues to escalate to the extreme.
0:33.0	Sources providing our top takes today include Democracy Now.
0:36.9	It could happen here.
0:38.5	Last week tonight with John Oliver, the PBS News Hour,
0:41.8	and your undivided attention. Then in the addition. the
0:45.0	B
0:47.4	the PBS News Hour and your undivided attention. Then in the additional deeper dive half of the show,
0:47.0	there will be more on the politicization of the border,
0:50.0	brutal border enforcement, the border industrial complex, and migrant stories.
0:57.0	For more, we're joined by Democratic Congress member Delia Ramirez of Illinois, where it's
1:07.0	estimated one in ten children in the state has an undocumented parent.
1:13.8	Ramirez is the first Latina Congress member to ever represent Illinois.
1:18.8	She's also married to a DACA recipient who'd benefit from this new Biden executive action.
1:25.8	On Tuesday, she and her husband, Baudis Hernandez attended Biden's White House announcement.
1:31.4	Congress member, welcome back to Democracy Now.
1:34.1	Can you explain in detail what exactly President Biden has now put into effect and how it
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