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Stay Tuned with Preet

Biden and the Border (with Dexter Filkins)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Dexter Filkins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and staff writer at the New Yorker. He joins Preet to discuss his reporting on the southern border, where a record number of migrants are crossing into the US seeking asylum. The surge has overwhelmed federal, state, and city officials, posing a significant challenge for the Biden Administration.  Plus, what to make of judges consuming news relevant to their cases and the concerns over Judge Cannon delaying the trial in the Trump classified documents case.  Don’t miss the Insider Bonus, where Preet asks Dexter a complicated moral question about American immigration policy. To listen, become a member of CAFE Insider for $1 for the first month. Head to cafe.com/insider.   For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/biden-and-the-border-with-dexter-filkins/  Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.

0:05.0

I'm Preet Barara.

0:08.0

I think what President Biden is running up against is, I think it's a visceral thing as well and I think it's it's well

0:15.1

beyond the Republican Party now it's it's in the Democratic Party among

0:18.9

voters which is the border is out of control we're a nation of laws and it's chaos.

0:27.0

That's Dexter Filkins, a Pulitzer Prize- journalist and the staff writer at the New Yorker,

0:35.0

Philkins has reported from conflict and war zones all over the world.

0:40.0

He recently spent time reporting from the southern border, where a record number of migrants

0:43.7

are crossing over to seek asylum.

0:46.0

The unfolding crisis has overwhelmed federal, state, and city officials, posing a significant challenge

0:51.0

for the Biden administration.

0:53.0

Filkins joins me to discuss his experience reporting from the border,

0:56.0

what's driving the recent surge in migrations,

0:58.0

and what our government can do to handle the influx.

1:02.0

That's coming up. Stay tuned.

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