Trump’s Migration Crackdown Begins

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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As ICE agents arrest hundreds of migrants, deportation flights set off a diplomatic firestorm in South America. President Trump fires 17 government watchdogs at government agencies. And after a tense delay, Israel allows thousands of Gazans to start moving back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.2	It's Monday, January 27th. You can send migrants back home, but it doesn't mean their home has to take
0:36.0	them. You start here. President Trump's deportation plan causes a diplomatic uproar.
0:43.3	The Colombian government had waved them off, deciding almost in midair that they would not accept these flights.
0:50.3	Meanwhile, immigration raids are happening here at home, but that's not necessarily
0:54.6	unusual. We'll get a reality check. Cabinet picks are being confirmed to lead agencies that no
1:00.5	longer have watchdogs. These firings are Donald Trump's way of telling us he is terrified of accountability.
1:07.6	We'll break down a wild weekend of Washington firings, and the ceasefire were supposed to mean they could return home, so why are Israeli soldiers still telling Dawson's where they can go?
1:17.6	Chaos and fear erupting, we saw, by these blocked roads.
1:21.6	Amid angry crowds and shots fired, can this truce continue to hold?
1:26.6	From ABC News, this is Start Here. And shots fired, can this truce continue to hold?
1:31.0	From ABC News, this is Start Here.
1:32.2	I'm Brad Milky.
1:45.8	The thing about President Trump is he very much values action and symbolism, right? Both things matter to him.
1:50.2	We've already seen this in his new administration. When he announced he wanted to end the right to birthright citizenship, a lot of legal scholars said there's no chance you can convince federal
1:55.1	judges this is constitutional. So why do it? Well, even if it doesn't work, this symbolizes
2:00.7	Trump's belief that America's
2:02.2	doors are closed to immigrants and their children. But he's also taking immediate action,
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