A Memo to the Huddled Masses

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🗓️ 8 September 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Immigrants flock to the U.S. in pursuit of the American Dream. But does the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program mean a wake-up call for millions of undocumented Americans? In this episode of Radio Atlantic, reporter Jeremy Raff and editor Priscilla Alvarez join Jeffrey Goldberg and Matt Thompson to discuss what the suspension of DACA means for those directly affected ... and what it means for America as a whole. For links and show notes, go here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Millions of immigrants have come to America in pursuit of the American dream.
0:04.0	Is there hope in store for the dreamers?
0:07.0	Or a rude wake-up call.
0:09.0	This is Radio Atlantic. Hello, I'm Matt Thompson, the Atlantic's Executive Editor.
0:28.8	With me here in D.C. is Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-chief of the Atlantic.
0:34.0	Hello Jeff.
0:34.8	Hi, Matt.
0:36.6	And also, in our third chair today,
0:39.5	we have Jeremy Rath, decorated Atlantic Video Journalist.
0:44.6	Hello, Jeremy?
0:45.3	What's he decorated with?
0:46.3	Hey, Nat.
0:46.7	With many awards and accolades.
0:49.6	He's so decorated looking.
0:51.1	Yes. Alex Wagner, our co-host is out this week and she'll be back with us.
0:57.0	What is she doing, Matt?
0:58.0	Is she Galavans?
0:59.0	She's Galavansing in fact.
1:00.0	Yes.
1:01.0	Thank you for queuing me on that.
1:05.0	I didn't want that to go to waste.
1:07.0	Thank you very much.
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