Immigration Nation A Crisis of Our Own Design.

Unf*cking The Republic

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🗓️ 24 February 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week is a flashback. Yes, that means re-run but there’s a good reason for it as we covered in Show Notes. We’re bringing back our episode titled Immigration Nation to refresh crucial misconceptions around migration so we can update certain data points and troubling trends. In the weeks to come we’re digging back into the border crisis as it has become one of the central talking points in the upcoming election. Plus, a great deal has changed south of the U.S. border that needs to be incorporated into our understanding of migration patterns, foreign policy and current legislative agendas in D.C. It’s a hot fucking mess that we’re going to untangle one thread at a time.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:13

Chapter One: 00:05:52

Chapter Two: 00:11:11

Chapter Three: 00:16:43

Chapter Four: 00:23:25

Chapter Five: 00:29:20

Post Show Musings: 00:34:18

Outro: 00:46:28

Resources

BBC News: How many Ukrainians have fled their homes and where have they gone?

The Intercept: As Immigration Plummeted, Conservatives Falsely Accused Biden of Fueling a Crisis

OECD Statistics: Net Migration

National Immigration Law Center: Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs

Marketplace: Undocumented immigrants quietly pay billions into Social Security and receive no benefits

Congress.gov: H.R.3355 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

Legal Information Institute: Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act

The Atlantic: Bill Clinton Owes My Father an Apology

Pew Research Center: Most Cuban American voters identify as Republican in 2020

Pew Research Center: The Hispanic Vote in Presidential Elections,
1980-2012

International Policy Digest: U.S. Agriculture is in Crisis

The New York Times: Fleeing War in Ukraine, They’re Met With Employers Offering Paychecks

Schoolhouse Rock: The Great American Melting Pot

Book Love

Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States

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0:00.0	And Fucking the Republic is brought to you by insane level sponsors,
0:03.3	W. Jeremy D., Eric Wagner 101, Rob Nasby, Asoke,
0:08.0	Nick G., Cassie LMM, and the Worry Clan, and Nathan Second.
0:13.0	Do you think the children of illegal aliens should be allowed to attend Texas public schools free?
0:18.0	Or do you think that their parents should pay for their education?
0:22.2	Who are you addressing that to?
0:23.3	I think you're first in this.
0:24.8	He was looking right at you.
0:26.0	I said he was.
0:27.6	Look, I'd like to see something done about the illegal alien problem that would be so sensitive
0:33.4	and so understanding about labor needs and human needs that that problem wouldn't come up.
0:39.6	But today, if those people are here, I would reluctantly say, I think they would get
0:45.8	whatever it is that they're, you know, what the society is giving to their neighbors.
0:51.0	But it has, the problem has to be solved. The problem has to be solved. Because
0:55.9	with, as we have kind of made illegal, some kinds of labor that I'd like to see legal, we're doing
1:02.9	two things. We're creating a whole society of really honorable, decent, family loving people
1:08.6	that are in violation of the law, and secondly, we're exacerbating
1:11.8	relations with Mexico. The answer to your question is much more fundamental than whether they
1:17.9	attend Houston schools, it seems to me. I don't want to see a whole, if they're living here,
1:22.3	I don't want to see a whole, I think of six- and eight-year-old kids being made, you know, one totally uneducated and made to feel that they're living with outside the law, let's address ourselves to the fundamentals.
1:35.2	These are good people, strong people. Part of my family is a Mexican.
1:42.0	And I added to that, I think the time has come that the United States and our neighbors,
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