Handle with Care: Worker Shortages, Haiti, Debt Ceilings

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🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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First up: Thousands of Haitian migrants are gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border. We’ll break down why they’re there and why the U.S. government’s response is stirring up controversy. Then: We’ve got the latest on Pfizer’s vaccine for kids under 12, new rules for travelers entering the U.S.., Canada’s elections, and the first legal challenges to the new abortion law in Texas. ICYMI: This week, we listened in on world leaders having a real life reunion at the U.N. General Assembly. We’ve got the details on their discussions. Plus: We’ve heard a lot of warnings lately about the U.S. hitting its “debt ceiling.” We’ll break down what the debt ceiling is, why it exists, and how Congress is responding. Next: The U.S. is facing a childcare shortage. And a nursing shortage. We’ll take a deep dive into both industries and explore why solving these staffing shortages won’t be easy. Finally: The 2021 Emmys kicked off this year’s awards season. We’ll discuss the highs, lows, and expectations for other awards shows. To share your story from the front lines of the childcare and nursing industries, leave us a voicemail at (646) 461-6370. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Lindsey Harris, president, Alabama State Nurses Association Heather Long, economics correspondent, The Washington Post Bridget Armstrong, senior audio producer, theSkimm, host of “Pop Cultured with theSkimm” Want more Skimm? Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Luke Vargas, and Ciara Long, with help from Sagine Corrielus. Engineered by Andrew Callaway. TheSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Schemvist. We're starting off this week with the situation at the US
0:05.6	Mexico border where thousands of Haitian migrants are hoping to reach the US.
0:10.0	Scenes of how border officers responded to them is now causing an uproar in D.C.
0:15.7	Then we'll hit some other headlines from Pfizer's big week to Canada's Prime Minister keeping his seat.
0:22.1	And the first legal challenges to that Texas abortion law. We've also got the latest
0:28.2	from the UN General Assembly where things aren't all handshakes and smiles.
0:32.8	Later, we'll take a deep dive into two industries that are in desperate need of workers,
0:38.8	childcare and nursing, and we'll round things out by talking all things TV.
0:44.1	Slash the future of award shows. We're here to make you smarter and the news less overwhelming.
0:50.3	I'm Alex Skar, let's skim this.
0:53.6	One story you've definitely heard about, or seen photos of this week,
1:00.0	involves thousands of Haitian migrants gathering on the Texas border in the hope of crossing into the US.
1:06.2	And on Monday,
1:07.6	Joe Biden's government has now started to send back Haitian migrants who have gathered in a Texas border
1:13.8	back to their homeland. This sudden move can be viewed as one of America's swiftest,
1:18.4	large-scale expulsions of migrants in decades.
1:22.2	Here's what's happening.
1:24.2	Last week, about 400 migrants, mostly Haitian, were waiting just south of the US-Mexico border.
1:31.2	But by the start of the week, crowds had grown to around 14,000 people,
1:35.8	as words spread that some people were making it into the US.
1:39.8	Q. Images you've probably seen by now, as US border agents were photographed chasing migrants on horseback
1:46.8	and using rains to push them back from the border.
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