Five Things You Need to Know About the Border Crisis

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🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Topics Discussed: 1. There is a legitimate rise in people seeking to cross the border both illegally and legally, but we are not at record levels of immigration. (02:33) 2. The Northern Triangle (08:33) 3. For most of our history, border deportations were pretty informal if not absent. (14:20) 4. The Trump administration does not believe the U.S. should welcome the persecuted or oppressed. (18:57) 5. Increased migration to the US is part of an international trend -- this could be the new normal. (23:51) Referenced: Our 2016 primer on immigration General Chapman's Last Stand (Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell) Let Me Count the Ways (This American Life) Radiolab Border Trilogy Pantsuit Politics in the Wild: Nuance Nation Tour tickets Evolving Faith (October 4-5) Ideas at Work (October 16) Blissdom (November 14-16) Sponsors: Dole Leadership Series Podcast Legacy Box Wander Beauty Thank you for being a part of our community! We couldn't do what we do without you. To become a tangible supporter of the show, please visit our Patreon page, purchase a copy of our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), or share the word about our work in your own circles. Episode Resources: Trump scores partial win on asylum ban as court narrows injunction (Politico) Thousands of asylum-seekers left waiting at the US-Mexico border (PRI) Trump officials pressing to slash refugee admissions to zero next year (Politico) New Border Apprehension Numbers Show Brutal Effect of ‘Metering’ at Ports of Entry (WOLA) Central America’s Violent Northern Triangle (Council on Foreign... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are 900,000 cases pending right now for an average of two years in immigration
0:08.0	courts.
0:09.2	And that is a problem.
0:10.9	The answer to that problem is more complicated than let's fast track those cases.
0:16.6	This is Sarah.
0:20.7	This is Beth, your listening to Pantzoo politics, the home of graceful political conversations.
0:25.8	Happy Friday as this podcast hits your feeds Sarah and I will be traversing the state of California
0:47.3	for the nuanced nation tour.
0:49.6	So much fun to me all in person.
0:51.8	We're really excited about our next tour stops at Pantzoo politics show.
0:55.6	We're going to be going to the top.com.
0:56.6	You can get nuanced nation tour tickets, our tickets for Louisville and Michigan are up.
1:00.6	They'll be up soon for Dallas and Washington DC.
1:03.5	And we can't wait to see you there.
1:05.2	In addition to the tour, we want to make sure that you know we have a really good August
1:10.4	bonus episode for you on Patreon this month.
1:13.3	Sarah and I had some heated discussion about the Supreme Court, about what the Supreme
1:19.3	Court exists to do about.
1:23.4	Let's just be honest.
1:24.5	Ended up being like Sarah saying burn everything down and me saying let's get organized and participate
1:30.0	in democracy.
1:31.0	And I feel like we solve some stuff by the end Sarah.
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