Border Chaos, Peanut Allergy Patch & New Twitter CEO- Friday, May 12, 2023
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 12 May 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, May 12, 2023!
We're telling you about a rush on the U.S.-Mexico border and how it's being managed in overcrowded border cities.
Also, the government has a new plan to crack down on a major source of pollution, and record-breaking heat is expected in parts of the U.S. this weekend.
Plus, a possible medical breakthrough for toddlers with peanut allergies, who might be replacing Elon Musk as CEO of Twitter, and how Americans are planning to celebrate moms this weekend.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, May 12. We'll tell you about a rush on the U.S. Mexico border and how it's |
| 0:04.5 | being managed in overcrowded border cities. Also, the government has a new plan to crack down |
| 0:08.8 | on a major source of pollution. And record-breaking heat is expected in parts of the U.S. this weekend. |
| 0:14.8 | Plus, a possible medical breakthrough for toddlers with peanut allergies, |
| 0:18.4 | who might be replacing Elon Musk as CEO of Twitter. And how Americans are planning to |
| 0:23.3 | celebrate moms this weekend. Those stories and more news to know coming up. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:34.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandi. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:44.7 | Well, tens of thousands of people have rushed across the U.S. Mexico border this week, |
| 0:48.5 | worried about changes to American immigration policy. And now that the changes have actually |
| 0:53.2 | happened, officials are expecting another wave of border crossings. The surge continues because |
| 0:58.8 | not everyone agrees on whether the changes will make it easier or harder for people to stay in |
| 1:03.6 | the U.S. Title 42, which was in place since the early days of the pandemic, kept a lot of migrants |
| 1:09.0 | from seeking asylum. But it didn't carry legal consequences, so many people tried to cross over |
| 1:14.4 | and over again. Now that Title 42 is gone, migrants face being banned from re-entering the U.S. for |
| 1:20.2 | five years and possible criminal charges. Mexico's president says to make things more complicated, |
| 1:25.8 | a lot of people are getting mixed messages from smugglers and social media. So the U.S. |
| 1:30.3 | government is trying to get the word out that migrants can only legally enter the U.S. |
| 1:33.9 | and apply for asylum if they first apply online and seek protection in a country they've passed |
| 1:39.2 | through on their way. But even if they do go through that legal process, they'll face a lot of |
| 1:43.9 | backlog. Reuters, sites, federal officials who say, detentions have hit record highs, |
| 1:48.8 | and right now facilities are far over capacity because they are so overwhelmed. This week, |
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