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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics. I'm Hima Bustillo, and I cover immigration policy.

And I'm Odette Yousaf. I cover domestic extremism. And today on the show, the Trump administration has refocused some of its immigration policy on pushing immigrants to, quote, remigrate, to leave the country voluntarily.

We're going to take a deep dive into the roots of this policy and how it's shaping life in America today.

Odette, let's just start with the basics. What does remigration mean?

So remiguration is a concept that, you know, in its

current iteration is traced back to the white nationalist movement in Europe. And it basically

means ethnically cleansing traditionally white countries through the organized deportation of non-white

people. You know, this kind of sounds straightforward on its

face, Sarah, but I think it masks a lot of questions, you know, questions around, okay, is it referring

to only immigrants? Is it referring to specifically immigrants who lack legal permanent status? Does it also apply to children of immigrants? So I think it

really, the definition can actually differ somewhat depending on where the discussion is happening.

Yeah. And can you tell us more about the history, the backstory of how this term has been used in the

past? Yeah. So again, this is in the current iteration, it's really traced

back to France to the same person who is sort of known for coining the term the Great Replacement

conspiracy theory. So that's a conspiracy theory that claims that people of color are being

deliberately brought into traditionally white nations,

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