#371: Do Walls Work?

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🗓️ 8 January 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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When it comes to border security, what are the facts? Heritage Foundation analyst David Inserra, who focuses on immigration and homeland security, joins us to discuss whether walls work, whether the current situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is a terrorism risk, and the flow of drugs into the United States from other countries. Plus: we play President Donald Trump's full Oval Office address on the border crisis.We also cover these stories:--House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer respond to Trump's immigration remarks.--New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new program to give comprehensive health care to every resident, regardless of their ability to pay or their immigration status.--A federal appeals judge has ruled that a Virginia politician violated the Constitution when he temporarily blocked a critic from her Facebook page.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, January 9th. I'm Kate Trinko, and I'm Daniel Davis.
0:11.0	Well, President Trump went live in primetime last night to make his case for the
0:15.1	wall. Today we'll play that speech back for you and we'll sit down with heritage
0:19.2	immigration expert David and Sarah to discuss what really needs to be done at the border.
0:24.0	So first we're going to play President Trump's speech on the border crisis.
0:28.0	My fellow Americans, tonight I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our
0:37.4	southern border.
0:39.2	Every day, customs and Border Patrol agents encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country.
0:47.0	We are out of space to hold them, and we have no way to promptly return them back home to their country.
0:54.0	America proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute
1:00.0	to our nation.
1:01.0	But all Americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration.
1:08.0	It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages.
1:12.5	Among those hardest hit are African Americans and Hispanic Americans.
1:17.5	Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl.
1:27.4	Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone. 90% of which floods across from our southern border.
1:37.4	More Americans will die from drugs this year than were killed in the entire Vietnam War.
1:44.0	In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records, including those charged or convicted, of 100,000 assaults,
1:59.2	30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 violent killings.
2:05.0	Over the years, thousands of Americans have been brutally killed
2:09.0	by those who illegally entered our country
2:12.0	and thousands more lives will be lost if we don't
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