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QUICK HIT: Drama Over Immigration Reality Show - Plus, NEW FDA policy on COVID Boosters & The Latest On A $400M Plane Gifted To The U.S.

SmartHERNews

Jenna Lee

Education, News

5615 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A quick update on several controversial new items including a proposed reality show for citizenship, a $400 million plane gift from Qatar to the Pentagon, new FDA recommendations regarding COVID-19 vaccine boosters, and the latest on the "big, beautiful bill."  

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0:00.0

Well, we have an update on a story we first told you about yesterday.

0:02.7

A reality show for citizenship.

0:04.6

Is it true or is it not true?

0:06.2

Plus, a controversial plain gift confirms on the record and a potential change to who can easily get a COVID vaccine booster.

0:15.6

All light, easy stories today.

0:18.0

Let's walk into the storm together.

0:20.2

I'm Jenna.

0:20.7

And this is smarter news.

0:28.9

So it's not going to be light and easy, but it is going to be interesting. We have quite a few

0:32.2

stories to get to today, including an update to a story I first told you about yesterday.

0:37.2

It was an article on the Wall Street Journal that got my attention that detailed a reality

0:42.2

show for citizenship.

0:44.1

Apparently, it was a proposal that was given to the Department of Homeland Security.

0:50.2

And I was really curious about this.

0:51.6

I've never heard about something like that before.

0:53.6

And this story was published in the Wall Street Journal.

0:56.0

It had direct original quotes from the Department of Homeland Security.

0:59.9

And it also provided some context suggesting that the show predated the Trump administration,

1:05.0

that it's been floating around D.C. for, you know, 10, 15 years in front of Democrats and Republicans.

1:12.4

So, you know, I thought it was interesting. We used it as a way to talk about immigration and talk about what's happening at the

1:16.7

border more specifically when it comes to some new data that we had. But we did mention it. And as I was

1:22.9

recording yesterday, something happened. So there's a lot of testimony, a lot of hearings that are happening

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