On the Road with Asylum Seekers

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Lemonada Media

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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An immigrant’s unpredictable journey to America doesn’t end when they get to the border. Political stunts by Governors Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis sending asylum seekers to the steps of the U.S. Capitol and Martha’s Vineyard is the latest reminder. Andy speaks with two people embedded in the journey to the U.S., LA Times reporter Molly O’Toole and New York Times reporter Michael Shear, who explain the messy, lengthy process asylum seekers face. They discuss why deterrence policies don’t work, the flawed myths behind “good” and “bad” immigrants, and why we'll see more Afghan immigrants crossing through Central America. Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt. Follow Molly O’Toole and Michael Shear on Twitter @mollymotoole and @shearm. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/ Check out these resources from today’s episode: Read Michael’s piece about how Biden hopes small changes to the asylum seeking process will go a long way on immigration issues: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/us/politics/biden-immigration-asylum.html Listen to Molly’s Pulitzer Prize winning story about the Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/688/the-out-crowd Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: https://www.covid.gov/ Order Andy’s book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0	Welcome to the bubble. This is Andy Slavitt.
1:19.0	Today's Friday, September 30th. Welcome to our Friday conversation.
1:23.0	Look, I'm guessing you've seen some headlines about immigration recently.
1:29.0	That's by design. You've probably looked at the situation with migrants bust to the vice president's home,
1:38.0	set to Martha's Vineyard, sure to generate headlines and in fact they have political stunts for sure,
1:45.0	but a point to be made to illustrate the US's immigration system and to try to perhaps score some political points.
1:54.0	Obviously, immigration is a divisive political issue.
1:57.0	You can give to Santis and Abbott who are the governors at work here,
2:02.0	credit for doing what they want to do, which is elevate the issue.
2:06.0	We're talking about it after all.
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