The Deal with the Border Deal
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🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
A bipartisan immigration deal in Congress could be announced as soon as this week. The agreement would give the executive branch the legal authority to suspend asylum when migrant crossings surpass a certain threshold, among other things. That’s the part of the deal that President Biden referred to when he said late last week that he’d “shut down the border” if this new bill makes it into law.
A new report by the Associated Press found that prison labor is connected to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of food and agricultural products sold by some of the country’s biggest brands. It’s the latest indication that prison labor is used more widely than many people realize – and that these companies benefit from it while also trying to shield their connection to the public.
And in headlines: Illinois could be the next state to take Donald Trump off their presidential primary ballot, Bayer was ordered to pay $2.25 billion to a man who said he developed cancer from using the company's weed killer, and a New Jersey animal shelter said it would neuter feral cats named after people’s exes for Valentine's Day.
Show Notes:
- AP: “Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands” – http://tinyurl.com/ypxooooo
Louisiana Illuminator: “Louisiana still leads nation for state prisoners held in local jails” – http://tinyurl.com/yr9wzyvr
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, January 30th. I'm Josie Duffy Race. |
| 0:04.3 | And I'm Trevel Anderson, and this is what a day. |
| 0:07.5 | The pod vet should be excited that an exploration company recently announced it may have found Amelia Earhart's aircraft at the bottom of the Pacific. |
| 0:16.4 | But I know at least one host who says let her go and that host is me. |
| 0:21.1 | What do you have against Amelia Earhart? The Malaysia Airplane is still missing. |
| 0:25.8 | Y'all want to find some missing planes. I'll get a list together. |
| 0:31.1 | On today's show, a new AP investigation found the extensive amount of prison labor |
| 0:35.3 | used to prop up the agricultural industry. It's basically modern day slavery. |
| 0:39.4 | Plus Illinois officials decide today whether Trump should stay on the state's primary ballot. |
| 0:44.7 | But first, let's talk about the U.S. border with Mexico |
| 0:47.8 | because a bipartisan immigration deal |
| 0:50.6 | could be announced as soon as this week. |
| 0:53.2 | I will get to that in a moment, but as we know, |
| 0:55.7 | border security is always a contentious political issue, |
| 0:59.2 | and we recently discussed the Supreme Court ruling |
| 1:01.6 | that allowed federal officials to remove the barbed wire |
| 1:04.7 | that was placed along the southern border by Texas. |
| 1:08.1 | Well now, Republican Attorneys General across the country are standing with Texas and declaring quote if the Biden |
| 1:14.9 | administration won't do its job to secure our border and keep Americans safe |
| 1:19.2 | it should step aside to let the states do the job for them. |
| 1:23.8 | Led by Iowa and Utah, 26 Republican Attorneys General |
| 1:28.2 | said in a letter Monday to President Biden |
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