Biden's immigration architect on racism, reform, and the Obama legacy
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Vox Media Podcast Network
4.5 • 11.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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| 0:58.1 | Hey, it's Sean Ramos from Host of Vox's Daily News podcast today explained, but this |
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| 1:09.5 | minds and smartest people we know. And up today, Arthi Shahani. She's an MPR journalist, |
| 1:15.2 | memoirist and host of the upcoming WBZ podcast, The Art of Power. She's going to be talking |
| 1:20.6 | with Cecilia Munoz, former aide to President Obama. And it's a conversation all about immigration |
| 1:26.8 | policy reform and the challenges ahead for President Biden and for a country wrestling |
| 1:32.8 | with changing demographics and racism and its own history. Here's Arthi. |
| 1:45.6 | President Biden has made immigration reform a top priority and sent to Congress the bill |
| 1:50.8 | he would like to see past the US Citizenship Act. It's sweeping. It would legalize millions |
| 1:57.0 | of people who are undocumented in the US, both youth who were brought here as small children |
| 2:02.4 | and adults who themselves may have crossed the border. Biden's proposal would roll back |
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