This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, July 16th.

I'm Kate Trinko.

And I'm Daniel Davis.

The National Census is less than a year away, and even though it won't include citizenship question, the controversy is hardly over.

Alabama is suing the federal government over its counting of illegal immigrants in the census.

They argue that illegal immigrants in the official population count would deflate their

own representation in Congress and the Electoral College.

Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama joined that lawsuit, and today he'll join us in studio to discuss it.

Plus, the actress Scarlet Johanson takes heat for saying she should be able to play anyone in a movie, including a transgender person.

We'll discuss.

By the way, if you're enjoying this podcast, please subscribe and please tell your friends about the podcast to help us grow. Now on to our top news.

People who claim asylum when crossing the southern border must now show they try to get asylum in another country besides the U.S.

The Justice and Homeland Security Departments announced. There are a few exceptions, but by and large this will

apply to most migrants. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement,

this rule is a lawful exercise of the authority provided by Congress to restrict eligibility for asylum.

The United States is a generous country, but is being completely overwhelmed by the burdens associated with apprehending and processing

hundreds of thousands of aliens along the southern border.

This rule will decrease forum shopping by economic migrants and those who seek to exploit our asylum

system to obtain entry to the United States. Well House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

announced a resolution on Monday to condemn President Trump's recent

tweets as quote unquote xenophobic. The president ignited a firestorm over the

weekend when he told a progressive group of congresswomen to go back to their

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