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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

This Week's Top Stories - Trump's Anti-Immigrant Policy, Biden's Diverse Cabinet & Drake's Candles

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

President Trump pushes a harsh immigration policy during his final weeks in office, Joe Biden builds a diverse White House cabinet, and Drake releases a line of candles that smell like him.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:10.6

Throughout his presidency, one of Trump's signature issues has been cracking down on immigration,

0:16.6

whether it's building a wall, ending DACA, throwing out Jared's Shakira CDs,

0:20.6

or renaming San Antonio St. Tony.

0:23.4

And now Trump is spending his last weeks making it much harder for legal immigrants to become citizens.

0:28.8

Behind the scenes beneath the surface, this administration is rushing to complete a series of tasks

0:35.0

as the president's term winds down, cementing a number of immigration actions,

0:39.6

like making the citizenship test harder for people who are trying to become American citizens.

0:45.0

Immigrants hoping to become US citizens will have to answer more questions about American history and politics.

0:50.6

Immigration Services says it's expanding the naturalization civics test

0:54.8

adding more questions and topics. Starting December 1st, applicants will have to answer ten more oral questions, a total of 20.

1:02.6

The civics test is one of the final steps to becoming a US citizen.

1:06.6

Okay, hold on, guys. This isn't fair.

1:09.4

How's Trump going to create a citizenship test that even he himself couldn't pass?

1:13.8

He may as well make immigrants do a pull-up.

1:16.2

But if Trump is going to expand the civics test,

1:19.2

I think it's only fair to let applicants answer the questions the way he answers the questions.

1:24.8

To become a citizen, you need to answer this question.

1:27.6

What are the Stamp Act of 1765 Institute?

1:32.0

Oh, that's a good question, man, because nobody knows the Stamp Act better than me.

1:36.4

So many stamps, something the greatest Stamp Act there ever was rarely, if you think about it,

1:41.2

but we're looking very strongly into it, and I'll have more to tell you in two weeks, I say.

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