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1 big thing

Trump’s final immigration moves

1 big thing

Axios

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4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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xThe past four years have been marked by hardline immigration policies. Now in his final days in office, President Donald Trump is trying to cement his legacy on immigration. Plus, the fate of the Senate hangs on Georgia. And, how power is shifting in philanthropy. Guests: Axios' Stef Kight, Mike Allen and Felix Salmon. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Biden's Day 1 challenges: The immigration reset Trump's election misinformation casts shadow over Georgia Senate debate Philanthropy Deep Dive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Monday, December 7th. I'm Naila Boodoo.

0:08.8

Here's how we're making you smarter today. The fate of the Senate hangs on Georgia.

0:13.6

Plus how power is shifting in philanthropy.

0:16.8

But first, President Trump's final push

0:19.4

to restrict immigration is today's one big thing?

0:26.4

In his final days in office, President Donald Trump is trying to cement his legacy on immigration.

0:32.1

The past four years have been marked by hardline policies, so what can we expect in these final weeks?

0:37.4

Steph Kite covers immigration for Axios. Steph, are you hearing a renewed sense of urgency

0:42.3

within the administration to push through some

0:45.2

final policies in these final weeks?

0:47.6

Absolutely.

0:48.6

You know, immigration is one of those few issues that the president has a lot of power

0:52.4

over.

0:53.2

And we've seen throughout his presidency that Trump has done a lot on immigration.

0:57.2

And I think we can certainly expect them to continue to push through final changes and rules to get them through that process and into action.

1:06.5

Steph, I know we've seen some of these last minute changes in the past couple of weeks.

1:10.8

Things like giving immigration officials more leeway in deciding who can get a green card.

1:16.0

Another change in particular is a longer US citizenship test.

1:20.0

What does that look like?

1:21.0

The administration rolled out a new version of that test that makes it longer and in many ways harder.

1:27.8

And some of the questions even kind of hint at more conservative worldviews and it's something that a lot of immigration advocates have been

1:34.4

quite concerned about. Can you give us an example like what some of those questions are?

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