A Bipartisan Border Wall?
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
President Biden’s administration announced plans to resume construction of a wall on the southern border, contradicting a contrast then-candidate Joe Biden drew between himself and his opponent in 2020,
Guest: Muzaffar Chishti, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute at NYU’s School of Law
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| 0:36.0 | Who wants a wall at the Southern border? |
| 0:39.0 | If you'd asked me that question a year ago, even a month ago, |
| 0:43.0 | I think I would have known how to answer it. |
| 0:45.0 | I'd say former President Trump does, and a big chunk of his voters, |
| 0:49.0 | all out of congressional Republicans too. |
| 0:52.0 | But until last week, I would not have included the Biden administration on that list. |
| 0:57.0 | Then I start getting push alerts. |
| 1:02.0 | A new effort to build a border wall tonight coming from an unexpected place. |
| 1:07.0 | The same Joe Biden who campaigned on a promise that not a foot of wall |
| 1:12.0 | would be constructed during his administration. |
| 1:15.0 | He seems to have changed his mind, sort of. |
| 1:18.0 | On Wednesday, the Biden administration formally waived 26 federal laws |
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