We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States, undetected, undocumented, unchecked,

and complete the dang fence.

This bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill.

Can't stone your bucket where you are. We come from France.

And I am, you know, adamantly again, illegal immigrant.

They're coming in by the thousands.

Just unbelievable.

A wall is an immorality.

Who are you rooting for it?

Those masters of the universe are added again.

They're not sending their best. You

maniac! You blow it up!

Good morning and welcome to parsing immigration policy, the podcast of the Center for Immigration Studies.

I'm Jessica Vaughn in in for Mark Krikorian,

and in this episode, I'm going to be speaking with my colleague,

Art Arthur, on State of the Union.

What did the president say about immigration?

And why is it important?

We knew that immigration was going to figure prominently in the speech.

So that wasn't really a surprise. But we're going to break things down. Art, good to speak with you.

Thanks for coming on. Thank you for having me today, Jessica.

Generally, what did you think about the speech and the immigration related parts of it in particular?

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