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Special: Has Mexico's President Turned His Back on His Own People?

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

To understand what’s happening on the border, you have to look at the policies and leaders on both sides of it. So, how has Mexico, under its new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, changed its approach to refugees and migrants fleeing north? And how has the Mexican president changed, himself? León Krauze, co-host of Trumpcast, joins What Next, Slate's daily news podcast, to explain. Subscribe to What Next via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, Overcast, Google Play, or iHeart. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, Trumpcast listeners. This week I joined what next to the new daily news podcast from

0:05.9

Slade to talk about something that continues to dominate American politics and unfortunately

0:11.3

President Trump's Twitter feed, the crisis at the border and Mexico. To understand what's

0:18.0

happening in Mexico, you have to look at the policies and leaders on both sides of the

0:23.0

border. I joined what next to explain how Mexico's new president, Andres Manolopes

0:27.5

Oberador has changed his approach to refugees and migrants fleeing north. And how he has changed

0:34.5

himself. I hope you enjoy this episode of what next I love the show. Each week they

0:40.5

go deep on one story, they give context to the news and when I listen, I feel like I've

0:46.6

learned something valuable. To get what next in your podcast feed every morning, subscribe

0:52.4

to the show in Apple podcasts or wherever you're listening right now. Okay, now onto

0:58.4

this episode. I hope you enjoy.

1:06.0

Whenever I see a report about immigration these days, I keep hearing this phrase breaking

1:10.6

point.

1:11.6

Meanwhile, the southern border is already at a breaking point you have heard. And they

1:15.9

said the agency has quote arrived at the breaking point. We have a port that is stretched

1:21.4

to a breaking point.

1:23.3

Sometimes this idea, this breaking point, it's illustrated by these terrible images, pictures

1:29.3

of detained families kept behind some fencing under a bridge in Alpasso, Texas. But it turns

1:35.6

out this breaking point, it looks remarkably similar on both sides of the border.

1:41.2

Well, I visited Tijuana when the caravan crisis exploded and what I found was tragic.

1:53.2

León Crasso writes for slate, hosts Trumpcast, and he grew up in Mexico.

1:58.1

People were gathered at this sports complex just a few feet from the border, within a small

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