Tough New Immigration Policy, Heavy SCOTUS Caseload, State of U.S. Economy Now

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🗓️ 8 June 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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A series of new executive actions are aimed at improving security at the southern border, we'll tell you how the changes are being received at the border. Also, it's June, usually around the time the U.S. Supreme Court goes into recess - but justices still have 16 fairly major cases to consider - that's a lot. And, we'll check in on the health of the U.S. economy, looking at barometers like inflation, mortgage rates, and employment numbers.

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0:00.0	President Biden has a new immigration policy.
0:05.0	The new restrictions might play well with a voter base the president is hoping to court,
0:10.0	but how is it playing out at the border?
0:13.0	I'm Scott Simon.
0:14.0	I'm Aye Sharasco, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:18.0	President Biden's new policy has been in effect for less than a week.
0:25.0	It's already resulting in hundreds of daily deportations.
0:29.0	We'll hear from those who are being sent back.
0:31.0	And U.S. Supreme Court justices still have a lot of cases to decide before summer recess.
0:37.1	They might have to pool some overtime.
0:39.6	Also inflation, me gas prices dropping, but home prices, ug are high.
0:45.0	Look at what these indicators may mean for the economy.
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