Our Week In Review June 28th, 2019.
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Jenna Lee
5 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2019
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Five “SmartHER" facts to know about the state of immigration at the U.S. southern border - Our Week In Review June 28th, 2019.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello from the Heartland. My name is Jenna and this is Smarter News and this is our week in review |
| 0:08.1 | where we take a deep breath and a step back from the news and see what themes are illuminated |
| 0:12.4 | that teach us something about the world that we're living in right now. And it's no secret that |
| 0:17.1 | immigration is the big news story of the week. How we define our borders, |
| 0:21.2 | helps define us as a nation, and how we see ourselves as people. And these are some really |
| 0:25.9 | tough conversations about immigration, specifically illegal immigration at the U.S. |
| 0:30.9 | southern border and what it means to be American, especially now. And it seems in the news cycle that being compassionate and being current |
| 0:41.9 | are almost separate things. And I don't think they have to be. I think you can be current and |
| 0:46.8 | compassionate at the same time. You should have the facts, develop your own feelings about those |
| 0:52.0 | facts, but have the facts in front of you. And so today, |
| 0:55.0 | what I wanted to do, as we're looking at this week's news, is present to you about five facts |
| 1:01.2 | that I think you should know about when it comes to immigration at the U.S. southern border at this time. |
| 1:08.0 | I was hoping to get through this in about 10 minutes. I think that's probably |
| 1:11.1 | impossible because these are pretty heavy facts. But I think at the end of this, I hope that you |
| 1:17.9 | have some new data that helps paint a picture accurately of what's going on in America right now |
| 1:24.7 | because this is going to be an ongoing discussion. It's been a discussion |
| 1:27.5 | over the last several years and there's really no end in sight. So let's start off with the first |
| 1:33.6 | fact I think you should know, which is one number that is new this week. The number is 675,000. According to |
| 1:41.6 | fresh testimony this week by the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security, |
| 1:45.6 | more than 675,000 people were either apprehended or turned away at the U.S. southern border so far this year. |
| 1:53.3 | Customs and Border Protection has shared the most current data through May. You can find that |
| 1:57.4 | easily through their website. June's numbers won't be released until the first |
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