#30: Why Is the US Afraid of Immigrants?
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2016
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
After last weekend's attack in New York City, the country is once again intensely focused on immigration. Much of this debate stems from fear, but for such an emotional issue, how much can facts really do to change people’s minds? And with Donald Trump facing so much criticism on his immigration policy, do Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the Democrats really deserve a pass?
Julio Ricardo Varela leads a conversation with Liz Llorente, Politics Editor for Fox News Latino, and Kai Wright, Features Editor of The Nation and host of the upcoming podcast, The United States of Anxiety.
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| 0:00.0 | I wanted playing on a constant loop on Anderson Cooper just so kind of people know what a |
| 0:04.6 | cochido is. |
| 0:05.6 | This is maybe why CNN has not given you a show yet. |
| 0:11.1 | Welcome to In The Thick, a podcast about politics and the diverse perspectives of a dynamic and changing America. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm your host, Julio Rico-Lober-Loe-Loe-Loe-Loe-Loe-Loe-Loe-Loe-Loe-Lohr, |
| 0:22.0 | joining me in our Harlem studio, Jo Wright, features editor of the Nation and host of the upcoming podcast, The United States |
| 0:29.1 | of Anxiety, a collaboration between the Nation and WNY, welcome to Harlem, Kai. |
| 0:35.8 | I am so thrilled to be here. |
| 0:37.4 | Great. |
| 0:38.4 | And also in our studio is Liz Fiorente politics editor for Fox News Latino. Welcome back to the show. I'm going to go on the |
| 0:43.7 | welcome back to the show Liz |
| 0:46.0 | thank you so much fun the first time |
| 0:48.0 | we're doing it again |
| 0:49.1 | great to have both of you with me today |
| 0:51.9 | i'd like to start by talking about what happened this |
| 0:54.1 | weekend in Chelsea, a neighborhood near Midtown Manhattan, an explosion left |
| 0:58.2 | 29 people injured on Saturday night, an unexploded bomb was found nearby. |
| 1:02.1 | This was after another bomb exploded in New Jersey. |
| 1:05.2 | Thankfully no one was killed. The police have identified the suspect as |
| 1:09.6 | Ahmad Khan Harahami, an Afghan-born US citizen. |
| 1:13.7 | Donald Trump has already used the bombing to stoke fear |
| 1:16.3 | and support his anti-immigrant sentiments. |
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