Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org. I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We begin with President Biden's executive order today, allowing temporary border closures to migrants

once the seven-day average of illegal entries reaches 2,500 per day.

Joining us to discuss this thorny issue for the White House is Margaret Hugh, a professor of law and the director of the Digital Democracy Lab at William and Mary Law School.

Previously, she served as a senior policy advisor for the White House initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders,

and also served as a special policy council in the Office of Special Counsel for

Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department

of Justice.

She is the author of several books including Biometric Cyber Intelligence and the Posse Comitatist

Act and Algorithmic Jim Crow.

And she's also the editor of Pand surveillance, privacy, security and ethics.

Then with Trump getting a post-conviction windfall in campaign donations from billionaires,

we'll speak with Justin Bukler, who is a professor of political science at Case Western University,

where he teaches elections, political parties, and Congress.

His books include hiring and firing public officials,

Rethinking the Purpose of Elections, and Incremental Polarization,

The Unified Spatial Theory of Legislative Elections, Parties and Roll Call Voting.

He joins us to explode the myth of money in politics, arguing that the billions raised by Trump and Biden will have little effect on the presidential race.

Then finally, we'll speak with Michael Brennis, who is an interim director of the Brady Johnson

Program in Grand Strategy,

and a lecture in history at Yale University. He's the author of For Might and Right,

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