Monday, Jan. 29, 2018

The Daily

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🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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As the Trump administration clamps down on immigration, some asylum seekers are fleeing to Canada. But is it the promised land they had hoped for? Guest: Dan Bilefsky, a New York Times reporter in Canada. Thank you to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for their interviews with migrants crossing the border. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times on Michael Barbarale, this is the date.
0:09.0	Today, as the Trump administration clamps down on immigration,
0:14.0	asylum seekers fleeing to Canada are discovering that it's not quite the promised land some had hoped.
0:23.0	It's Monday, January 29th.
0:37.0	And this breaking news from the Department of Homeland Security.
0:40.0	Breaking news that has to do with immigration right now.
0:42.0	We're just learning that moments ago that Department of Homeland Security said it will end decided to end.
0:47.0	Desending.
0:48.0	Temporary protected status.
0:53.0	TPS had allowed nearly 60,000 Haitians to live in the U.S. since the 2010 quake.
0:58.0	200,000 Salvadorans, many who have lived in the U.S. since 2001, are being told that they have to leave the country by September 2019 or be deported.
1:06.0	I lost my house in Haiti.
1:09.0	2010, I lost my house.
1:12.0	I don't have anything in Haiti.
1:14.0	I go to Haiti. I don't have a place to stay in my two children born here.
1:21.0	It's a nightmare for us.
1:23.0	What does it mean?
1:24.0	To us, it means that our sense of protection, our sense of security, all of that is going to vanish.
1:35.0	When President Trump signaled that migrant groups, including Haitians and El Salvadorans,
1:40.0	would be losing their temporary protected status, all of a sudden, thousands of migrants started pouring across the border from the United States into Canada.
1:50.0	Under the threat of the temporary protected status being lifted, they are afraid of getting deported from the United States.
1:57.0	I think they have a better shot at getting asylum if they cross the border into Canada.
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