Continued Crackdown on Illegal Immigration, Canada Votes, Measles Outbreak

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

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The Trump administration continues to crack down on US immigrants without legal status. The Canadian election has been dominated by President Trump's trade war and threatening rhetoric, and a measles outbreak is especially bad in Texas, where two of every three Americans with the virus live.

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0:00.0	Yes, I'm supposed to give a level
0:02.1	And Xanidu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree
0:04.5	Once upon a midnight dreary
0:06.2	While I pondered weekend weary
0:08.1	Those are things I've said for many, many years, not every day
0:12.3	You haven't pulled that one out in a while
0:14.6	I feel sort of honored, I don't know
0:16.5	It's for you, Michelle. Thank you.
0:18.4	A little poem.
0:19.4	Feel special.
0:22.7	Almost 100 days into the Trump administration, authorities arrested more than 100 people in a Colorado nightclub.
0:29.2	The Trump administration says they lacked legal status.
0:32.3	What does that say about the drive for mass deportation?
0:35.4	I'm Michelle Martin.
0:36.2	That's Steven Skiy, and this is up first from NPR
0:38.3	News. President Trump won the U.S. election in 2024, and he's a big factor in another election
0:46.3	in 2025. Canadians are frightened right now. We're afraid. We're under threat. Canada votes for a new
0:52.2	parliament today, and the winning party chooses
0:54.2	a prime minister. How has a trade war altered the race? Also, how can pediatricians persuade
0:59.8	parents to let their kids get a measles vaccine? That is our biggest nemesis, right? It is
1:05.2	misinformation, at least from, you know, healthcare perspective. Stay with us. We've got the news
1:10.4	you need to start your day.
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