Seeking Refuge with David Miliband

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Nearly four million people have left Ukraine since Putin invaded their country. They need housing, food, and work. But so do the million who’ve fled war in countries like Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Abdul breaks down the public health consequences of forced migration. He then speaks with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee about the refugee crisis in Ukraine and what drives our double standard for refugees. For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected.

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0:00.0	The FDA approves a second booster for Americans over the age of 50.
0:11.1	The White House launches a one-stop shop for all things COVID at COVID.gov, but Congress
0:15.3	has yet to pass COVID funding.
0:17.2	The House Oversight Committee held a hearing on Pathways to Universal Healthcare Coverage
0:20.4	in the United States.
0:22.0	This is America Dissected.
0:23.0	I'm your host, Dr. Abdul Al-Sahid.
0:33.1	My full name is Abdul Rahman Muhammad Al-Sahid.
0:36.0	Growing up, that in my old complexion were a clear giveaway that my family hadn't been in
0:40.1	this country as long as most of my peers.
0:42.1	And it's true, my parents immigrated to this country from Egypt in the 1970s.
0:46.4	Growing up, I heard all the names, raghead, camel jockey, others that don't bear repeating.
0:51.2	I've been told to go back to my country more times than I can name.
0:54.6	This is my country.
0:56.0	The folks saying these things to me don't understand that America is not about, quote,
0:59.6	quote, blood and soil, as they claim.
1:01.6	It's about commitment to the ideals on which this place was founded.
1:05.0	However far it has yet to go to realize them.
1:07.7	See, here's the irony.
1:09.6	I was raised by my father and my stepmother Jackie.
1:12.4	She was born Jackie Johnson.
1:14.1	Her family, they've been here since before the Revolutionary War.
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