Ep. 77 - Now they want to rewrite the poem at the feet of the Statue of Liberty

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In interviews this week, Trump’s head of US Citizenship & Immigration Services first suggested rewriting the beautiful poem at the feet of the Statue of Liberty, and then later claimed that it was only meant for Europeans in the first place. On today’s episode, Shaun breaks down exactly what happened in these interviews. When the administration of America is trying to rewrite what this country stands for, we need to take the time to understand exactly what we’re up against. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you've ever thought that the Trump administration just can't go any lower, that they can't get any worse or any more racist, you were wrong. It can go a lot lower. Now just 11 days after a white
0:18.3	supremacist shot up a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and slaughtered 22 men, women, and children in one of the deadliest
0:26.0	hate crimes in this nation's history, the Trump administration has continued to target immigrants of color every chance they get.
0:35.0	But this week just went somewhere that surprised, even me,
0:40.0	when Trump's head of US citizenship and immigration first suggested
0:45.1	rewriting the beautiful poem at the feet of the Statue of Liberty,
0:48.8	then yesterday brazenly stated that it was only meant for Europeans in the first place.
0:55.6	Yeah, I'm dead serious. Today I'll play the clips, but let's dig in. This is Sean King, and you are listening to
1:05.0	The Breakdown.
1:07.0	The Breakdown.
1:10.0	Breakdown.
1:12.0	The Breakdown. the breakdown. The breakdown.
1:13.0	The breakdown.
1:14.0	Today I planned on talking to you
1:21.0	about a brand new policy that the Trump administration just
1:24.5	announced targeting immigrants who've been approved for food stamps or WIC or Medicaid
1:32.4	or any type of government assistance.
1:35.0	Let me repeat that.
1:37.0	Immigrants who were approved for food stamps or WIC or Medicaid or any type of government assistance.
1:45.0	And according to the new Trump administration policy, which begins in just a few weeks,
1:50.0	any immigrants who've used any of those forms of aid
1:54.8	are now going to have it held against them
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