New Normals: Tent Courts, Interest Rates, and ‘They’

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🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The Trump Administration is unveiling new immigration courts that look a little different than what you might expect. They’re actually tents and shipping containers built right near the US-Mexico border as a part of a big new immigration policy. We’ll explain. Also: the Fed slashed interest rates for just the second time since the Great Recession today, heeding a request by President Trump. Also on today’s show: Greta Thunberg turns the tables in DC, and the dictionary gets nonbinary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, September 18th.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.6	they matter.
0:10.2	A silent secret showed up to courts along the US-Mexico border for immigration hearings
0:14.4	this week.
0:15.4	But these courtrooms were actually tense in shipping containers.
0:19.3	We'll explain the immigration policy that could make this the new normal at the border.
0:24.6	Then the chairman of the Federal Reserve announced another interest rate cut today.
0:29.0	We'll explain why that matters.
0:30.9	And finally, a word from Marion Webster.
0:34.2	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:36.3	Let's Schim this.
0:39.2	Today's episode is brought to you by John Hancock.
0:41.8	They have over 150 years of financial expertise to help you plan for the future.
0:46.6	We have 10 minutes to give you the news.
0:51.8	The most complicated story today is about immigration courts at the US-Mexico border.
0:57.0	For the US has begun a new pop-up legal process for asylum seekers.
1:01.5	Instead of courtrooms, think plastic tents and shipping containers.
1:07.0	This may sound like a version of fire festival, but it's actually part of a bigger Trump administration
1:12.3	immigration policy called MPP.
1:15.5	Short for migrant protection protocols.
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