No safety in numbers: America’s immigration raids
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The Economist
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🗓️ 3 September 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Workplace raids catch many undocumented migrants in one place. But they do nothing to tackle the criminal element that the Trump administration has so vilified. Many of the 2,000 Turkish citizens that fought alongside jihadists in Syria now want to return; the whole region is struggling with its expat extremists. And, a “culinary balance of trade” reveals which cuisine has most conquered the world’s menus.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:09.8 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:17.7 | Some 2000 Turkish citizens have crossed the border into Syria to join jihadist forces |
| 0:22.6 | in the country's eight-year-long war, but now that Islamic states' caliphate has collapsed, |
| 0:27.4 | many want to come back. |
| 0:29.0 | The whole region is struggling with its expat extremists. |
| 0:33.0 | And burgers are big in Budapest. |
| 0:35.3 | Pasta is popular in Pretoria. |
| 0:37.6 | They chow down on Chalmain in Charleston. |
| 0:40.3 | But if you add it all up, what's the culinary balance of trade? |
| 0:44.2 | Which country exports its cuisine the most and imports foreign fare the least? |
| 0:56.2 | At first. |
| 1:01.9 | There are almost 11 million undocumented people living in America. |
| 1:06.4 | President Donald Trump's administration has adopted a series of policies designed to |
| 1:10.6 | discourage people from attempting to enter America, including the separation of families |
| 1:15.3 | arriving at the southern border. |
| 1:17.7 | On August 21st, the administration unveiled plans that would allow the indefinite |
| 1:22.1 | detention of undocumented families, including children who crossed the border illegally. |
| 1:27.8 | But the greatest betrayal committed by the Democrats is their support for open borders. |
| 1:40.5 | And these open borders would overwhelm schools and hospitals, drain public services and flood |
| 1:48.6 | communities with poisonous drugs. |
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