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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Jorge Ramos talks to William Finnegan

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Obama, Washington, Politics, President, Barack, Lizza, Wnyc, News, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2015

⏱️ 14 minutes

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New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan talks with Jorge Ramos about politics, Univision and yoga.

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I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker, and this is the first Monday

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edition of our Politics and More podcast. In this weekly segment, drawn from the New Yorker's

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weekly radio hour, we'll discuss issues of interest in culture, business, and other areas.

1:28.1

Today, William Finnegan talks with Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos about his battles with politicians over illegal immigration.

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Two Latino U.S. senators, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, are in the national spotlight, running for president.

1:46.6

Neither of them defends the undocumented.

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I've heard you say that you'll be thrilled if a Latino becomes president, even if it happens to be one of those two men. Isn't that complicated for you? First of all, I have to say that

1:58.9

I hope that at some point in my career, I'm going to be able to go to the White House for the inauguration of the first Hispanic president or the first Latina president.

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Marco Rubio's parents, both Cuban Americans, were immigrants.

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The father of Ted Cruz is an immigrant.

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