Hi there. This is Claire calling from Washington, DC, where I am starting the first day of my first full-time job out of college.

This podcast was recorded at...

203 PM on Tuesday, the 19th of January.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this.

Alright, here's the show.

Welcome grads to her.

Somebody else is starting a new job this week. One Joseph Robinette Biden.

Oh, that's for your entire job.

Which job?

Yeah, who started a good job?

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keath, I cover the White House.

I'm Claudique Desales, I cover Congress.

And I'm Dominica Montenar, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

So yes, tomorrow is the inauguration, but today there are confirmations.

Well, confirmation hearings. Five of Biden's cabinet picks are before various Senate committees today for their confirmation hearings.

Let's go through the list of who is testifying and who's getting asked questions.

First, you have Alejandra Mayorkas, the nominee for the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

He is before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

The principles of homeland and security have been tremendously important in shaping my life.

My father and mother brought me to this country to escape communism and to provide me with the security, opportunity, and pride that American citizenship brings to each of us.

Yeah, and it's safe to say that the Biden administration is going to have a very different immigration approach to immigration than the Trump administration,

which was really a foundational issue for Trump in this cultural divide, really playing on white grievance and trying to keep the other out.

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