Can Trump Deport Millions Of People?
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🗓️ 25 November 2024
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Summary
President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to declare a national emergency – and maybe even use the military – to deport around 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. The consequences could be dire: millions of families separated, livelihoods upended, an even bigger backlog of immigration court cases, and a bill that could top $350 billion. Dara Lind, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, helps us separate facts from fears when it comes to Trump’s plan.
And in headlines: Trump announces a flurry of final cabinet picks, Israel’s Defense Forces traded more fire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the annual U.N. climate summit wraps up with a controversial $300 billion deal.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, November 25th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show that will not be paying $500 for a cameo from former Congressman Matt Gates. |
| 0:12.5 | He signed up for the app less than 48 hours after dropping out of the running for Attorney General. |
| 0:17.1 | Proof, yet again, that there are lots of people in Congress who just want to be famous. |
| 0:21.5 | But there are so, so many other ways to become famous. |
| 0:24.8 | Like winning a lookalike contest or becoming a pop star. |
| 0:28.7 | Has Matt Gates considered becoming a pop star? |
| 0:35.1 | On today's show, Trump's weekend administration nomination blitz and the annual UN Climate Summit |
| 0:41.1 | leaves some countries feeling pretty angry. Let's get into it. President-elect Donald Trump has said |
| 0:47.3 | he wants to declare a national emergency and maybe even use the military to deport around 11 million |
| 0:52.4 | undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. |
| 0:54.6 | A strategy which the American Immigration Council has said could result in up to 4 million |
| 0:58.8 | families being separated. People across the country are already bracing themselves for the |
| 1:03.1 | potential consequences. Non-profit organizations and lawyers advocate for immigrants have been |
| 1:07.5 | overwhelmed with phone calls from people terrified about losing their homes or |
| 1:12.1 | having their loved ones taken away from them. And thousands of people trying to come to the U.S. |
| 1:16.5 | are rushing to the border, hoping to get in before Trump takes office in January. Some experts have |
| 1:21.5 | questioned whether Trump's mass deportation plans are even logistically possible. The U.S. immigration |
| 1:26.7 | system already has a backlog of almost |
| 1:28.7 | four million cases that would take at least four years to resolve. What's going to happen when it |
| 1:33.7 | adds millions more? Where will the government put people while they wait for their cases to play out? |
| 1:38.5 | Who is paying for flights to other countries? Actually, who is paying for all of this? The bill could top an estimated |
| 1:44.9 | $350 billion. Stephen Miller, Trump's incoming deputy chief of staff for foreign policy and |
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