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S2 Bonus 8 - "The Capital of Terrorism"

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Society & Culture

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Noah talks with José Pertierra, a Cuban-American immigration attorney who has long tangled with right-wing Miami Cubans in the media and in court. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

You're a Patsy from New York!

0:01.6

Patsy, but the point of this whole trip was to leave me drunk and Texan.

0:07.2

The point of tonight is to kill Castro and bring back his chin belt!

0:12.0

What about making me a Texan? Wait, all this was about trying to frame me?

0:17.2

Oh, you won't cry for it! We're just covering our own tracks!

0:21.6

Who'd believe you'd be mad enough to kill Castro?

0:25.2

Dad, you can't kill Castro. For God's sakes, you're not even supposed to drive at night.

0:30.8

Now untie me, the game is over.

0:33.3

No pans, take it close! Stinky, throw him over the fence!

1:00.4

Welcome to Blowback! I'm Brendan James and this is Episode 8, The Capital of Terrorism.

1:08.0

In this bonus episode, you'll hear a conversation between Noah and

1:12.5

Friend of the Show lawyer Jose Pertiara.

1:15.7

Jose is based in Washington, DC and has been practicing immigration law for decades.

1:21.1

He previously hosted a weekly segment on Univision in the DC area,

1:25.6

giving Spanish language immigration assistance on TV.

1:29.1

Perhaps more famously, two decades ago Jose represented the father of Ilyon Gonzalez.

1:36.0

If you don't know the details of the Gonzalez case, that's okay.

1:39.4

You'll get more detail from the interview.

1:41.5

But the gist of it is this in late 1999.

1:44.2

Five-year-old Ilyon showed up on the coast of Florida.

1:47.3

He had come to America on a raft with his mother.

1:49.9

That story gets a little bit more complicated as we get into it.

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