GOP Targets Immigration Boss, Will Hold Hearings In Arizona

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🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will lead fellow Republican lawmakers on a trip to Arizona this week, part of an effort by his caucus to boost the profile of border security as an issue through messaging that spuriously links migrants to drugs and crime.

This episode: political reporter Deepa Shivaram, congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales, and immigration correspondent Joel Rose.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Devin Speak.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Kenny in James Town, New York. I'm at the hockey jamboree at Northwest
0:04.2	Arena. We're hosting 21 teams and I'm running the clock for the 9 and
0:07.6	honors. It's my job to hit the buzzer every minute and a half to announce the
0:10.8	playership. This podcast was recorded at 1.03 pm Eastern Standard Time on February
0:18.7	14th, 2023. Things may have changed but I'll still be proud of my son who scored
0:23.2	his first competitive goal. Here's the show. Oh wow. Oh wow. Peewee hockey. Let me
0:33.0	tell you, running those clocks is intense pressure when your head is out there.
0:36.7	I am not good at it. So bravo to him. Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:41.6	I'm Deepa Shiverham at Cover Politics. I'm Clauda Gidecellus, I cover Congress.
0:46.0	And Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy will lead a trip to the US Southern
0:49.8	border later this week with a few members of his party. And this trip is coming as
0:54.8	the party targets Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Meorquez who
0:58.8	oversees customs and border protection. Joel Rose is with us. Hey Joel.
1:03.2	Hey Deepa. Hey you cover immigration for NPR. So I'm going to start with you here.
1:07.7	What is the situation like at the border right now and has anything changed
1:11.1	significantly in the New Year so far? It has. The number of migrants apprehended at
1:15.2	the border was down sharply in January. Illegal crossings down 40% from December.
1:21.2	To their lowest points in February of 2021, which was President Biden's first
1:25.2	full month in office. And that is a remarkable shift after years of migrant
1:29.6	apprehensions at record levels. And the administration says this is evidence
1:34.0	that its new enforcement measures are working. These measures include more
1:37.8	rapid expulsions of migrants as well as a new legal pathway for some
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