Some 6300 New Migrants Arrived At The Southern Border Every Day Of June

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🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Customs and Border Protection reported encounters with 188,829 migrants and asylum-seekers at the U.S. southern border last month, the highest level in a generation. The Biden administration has struggled with how to respond.

This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Nick Medley calling from Beppu, the hot spring capital of Japan.
0:05.4	My university English students and I are about to finish our third semester learning online.
0:10.8	This podcast was recorded at...
0:13.0	It is 105 Eastern on Monday, July 26th.
0:17.5	That's a long time online.
0:19.3	That is.
0:20.3	Things may have changed by the time you hear this,
0:23.0	but I'll still be grading papers daydreaming about going back to in-person classes next semester.
0:28.9	Alright.
0:29.9	I'm your guest in the show.
0:31.9	Alright, here's the show.
0:37.9	Have the two of you speaking of Japan been watching the Olympics?
0:41.9	Oh yeah.
0:42.9	My husband is a former rower so I'm getting a play by play.
0:47.9	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Scott Detro, I cover the White House.
0:52.9	I'm Frank Ordonia's, I also cover the White House.
0:54.9	And I'm Mara Laias and National Political Correspondent.
0:57.9	Well, we are going to not become an Olympic's podcast despite our best efforts every four years to do that one day maybe.
1:04.9	Today we are going to have a conversation about immigration.
1:07.9	President Biden, you know, is in a tough play sign immigration.
1:10.9	He faces growing pressure from supporters who want his administration to stop turning away asylum seekers.
1:16.9	And critics of course want him to do more to stop what is turned into one of the largest waves of migrants arriving at the border in recent history.
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