Immigration questions, answered

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Throughout the presidential campaign, border policy and migration have remained major talking points. We put your thoughts and questions to Immigration reporter Jack Herrera. Then, the Muslim American advocacy group Emgage Action has endorsed Kamala Harris for president. CEO Wa'el Alzayat talks about the challenges Harris faces in getting firm support from Muslim and Arab American communities. And, funds from the Biden administration's signature climate law are helping to promote job training programs and efforts to diversify West Virginia's coal-dependent economy. Here & Now's Chris Bentley reports.

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0:29.7	It's a real stunning reversal and sentiment. Starting in 2022, you started seeing polls that the majority of Americans consider
0:37.4	the situation on the southern border and invasion.
0:39.9	Going beyond the hot rhetoric on immigration.
0:44.4	It is Monday, October 28th, from NPR and W-B-U-R Boston.
0:49.2	Welcome to here and now any time.
0:51.8	I'm Shirley Jahab.
0:53.0	On today's episode, after targeting Muslims for years and enacting bans from majority Muslim countries,
1:05.4	former President Trump was just courting Muslim and Arab voters on the campaign trail
1:10.4	in Michigan.
1:11.6	Where those voters land, Democrat, Republican, or third party, may tilt the balance
1:17.2	in this entire election.
1:19.5	If we're serious about peace in the Middle East and Palestinian freedom.
1:23.0	The work doesn't end on election day.
1:25.0	We're just saying that which of these two candidates is going to give us a fair shot.
1:29.0	And then turning old coal mines into new solar farms and helping coal workers transition to new jobs.
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