A Culture of Fear

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Julio and guest co-host Fernanda Santos discuss the latest with immigration and the abortion ban in North Carolina. Then in our roundtable, Maria is joined by Josie Duffy Rice, journalist and writer, and Adam Serwer, staff writer at The Atlantic, to unpack what’s happening at the border, violence against unhoused people, and the growing issue of gun violence in this country.

ITT Staff Picks:

Adam Serwer talks about the fantasy of violence that drives right-wing Republicans, in this piece for The Atlantic.
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio writes about the unreciprocated love immigrants have for the American dream, and how they are the secret weapon in the fight against authoritarianism, in this article for The New York Times.
Dylan Scott writes about the GOP’s empty promises to support women and families after Roe, in this piece for Vox.

Photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Conroy

Transcript

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0:00.0	From Futuro Media and PRX, it's in the thick podcast about politics, race, and culture.
0:15.0	I'm Julio Ricardo Arella.
0:16.8	And I'm Fernando Santos.
0:18.8	Yes!
0:19.8	Back!
0:20.8	Editorial director of Futuro Media, Fernando Santos, always good to have you.
0:25.4	Alright, let's get to it.
0:27.0	So we're going to start with immigration because it's been a week after U.S. officials
0:35.3	worried last week about a quote-unquote surge of migrants and refugees at the border following
0:41.9	the end of Title 42, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN that the number
0:49.4	of migrant encounters at the border actually dropped by 50 percent since last week.
0:57.1	Why do you think that is?
0:58.8	Because we have communicated very clearly a vitally important message to the individuals who
1:04.8	are thinking of arriving at our southern border.
1:07.7	There is a lawful, safe and orderly way to arrive in the United States that is through
1:13.8	the pathways that President Biden has expanded in an unprecedented way.
1:19.8	And then there's a consequence if one does not use those lawful pathways.
1:24.2	Okay.
1:25.2	Like I wrote for MSNBC over the weekend, I think, in my opinion, because it is an opinion
1:31.0	piece.
1:32.0	I think Republicans have already won this debate.
1:36.4	Even with the end of this policy, we know the system isn't working.
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