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Today, Explained

Deportation nation

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations. "Operation Wetback" from the Eisenhower days is serving as inspiration. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Trump supporters hold signs reading "Mass Deportation Now!" at the Republican National Convention in July. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The first time Donald Trump was president, he really wanted to deport a lot of people.

0:05.2

We have some bad umbraes here and we're going to get him out.

0:09.7

But he wasn't all that successful. I mean, don't tell him because it would probably drive

0:13.9

nuts, but his predecessor, Barack Obama, actually deported way more people than he did.

0:18.3

Thank you for reminding me.

0:22.5

Thanks, Obama.

0:26.8

But now Donald Trump is getting a second shot at the title,

0:29.3

and people say this time he means business.

0:33.5

Immigrant advocacy groups are bracing for a presumed second Trump administration that promises those mass deportations he talked about,

0:36.7

and a harsher immigration regulations.

0:39.0

Immediately upon taking the oath of office, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history.

0:46.0

Seal the border, deport all the illegals.

0:49.0

Now, on today, explained, we're going to figure out what he wants to do, who he wants to do it for him, and how likely it is he'll get it done.

0:59.7

Hey, everybody. I'm Ashley C. Ford, and I'm the host of Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice, produced with Vox Creative. And in our new miniseries, we're talking about voter fraud.

1:14.5

For years now, former President Donald Trump has made it a key talking point,

1:19.1

despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud.

1:22.6

But what impact do claims like these have on ordinary voters?

1:27.3

People like Olivia Coley Pearson, a civil

1:30.3

servant in Douglas, Georgia, who was arrested for voter fraud because she showed a first-time

1:35.2

voter how the voting machines worked. Hear how she fought back on the latest episode of Into the

1:41.0

Mix. Subscribe now now wherever you listen.

1:49.0

Support for this podcast comes from Clavio.

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