Ep. 676 - Why it's horribly wrong to trick and ship undocumented immigrants all over the country

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

I didn't think I needed to explain this, but I clearly do. What Republicans are doing right now - lying to undocumented immigrants - who've often escaped treacherous conditions - and are desperate and exhausted - and tricking them into being flown and bussed all over the country - is dead wrong. It's immoral. It's unethical. And it appears to actually be illegal.

And here's what I know - Florida Governor Ron Desantis would NEVER do any of this to white immigrants - no matter where they came from. You know he wouldn't. And so we must ask ourselves why they think it's OK to treat immigrants of color like this.

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0:00.0	At Honda, we decided to stop listening to what Kastu for a moment,
0:04.0	and instead start listening to all the things Hans do.
0:07.3	They carry scratch, open, close, sip, chop, sprep,
0:12.5	shakes, pour, mix, fix, fold, type, tear.
0:18.4	Isn't it time we gave Hans a rest?
0:20.8	With Keel as entry, a tailgate that opens with the wave of a foot,
0:25.7	voice controlled into tapent and automatically adjusting seats.
0:31.3	The Honda CRV hybrid. What do you think? Hans?
0:36.2	Honda with power of dreams, available on selected grades.
0:40.4	By now, you've probably seen the images and heard the stories
0:45.3	about undocumented immigrants being shipped and flown and bust
0:52.6	all over the country by Republican governors. I want to tell you why it's wrong,
0:59.2	why I think it's actually despicable, why you should care, even if you're not an undocumented immigrant,
1:08.0	and why I really think what's going on is a slippery slope to something much uglier.
1:15.8	Let's talk about it. Let me unpack and explain it.
1:18.5	This is Sean King and you are listening to The Breakdown.
1:40.3	You've probably seen the images and videos and heard the story from last week.
1:46.4	About dozens of undocumented immigrants that were flown to Martha's Vineyard
1:55.0	by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Now, what you probably heard at first,
2:01.4	because it was kind of hard to understand exactly what went down,
2:06.8	was that these were undocumented immigrants in Florida.
2:11.4	Right? You would assume that these were people who had somehow made their way to Florida
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