Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 20 March 2024
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Wednesday briefing: Texas immigration law; Ohio Senate primary results; government shutdown talks; Jonathan Glazer letter; and more
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| 0:00.0 | There's Whiplash in Texas in the fight over an immigration law. |
| 0:05.8 | We are once again on government shutdown watch and condoms are returning to the Olympics. |
| 0:12.1 | That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 |
| 0:14.2 | from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewel. It's Wednesday March 20th. Let's get you |
| 0:18.9 | caught up with today's 7 stories. |
| 0:30.0 | Number one, Texas was blocked from arresting and deporting migrants. Yesterday, the Supreme Court gave a temporary goahead to a law in Texas which makes it a state crime for migrants to illegally cross the border. |
| 0:38.0 | But just hours later in a surprise ruling, that law was put back on hold by an appeals court. |
| 0:44.1 | The law is a key part of Republican Governor Greg Abbott's push to expand the state's role in |
| 0:49.0 | enforcing border security. |
| 0:51.6 | Immigration advocates consider it to be one of the most extreme laws related to immigration ever enacted. |
| 0:57.0 | And the Biden administration says immigration enforcement is exclusively a federal responsibility. |
| 1:02.0 | Yesterday's ruling will stop the law from being is exclusively a federal responsibility. |
| 1:02.8 | Yesterday's ruling will stop the law from being enforced while legal challenges continue. |
| 1:07.8 | Number two, a candidate backed by Donald Trump won Ohio's Republican Senate primary. |
| 1:17.0 | Bernie Marino is a wealthy former car dealer. |
| 1:20.0 | Yesterday he defeated two traditional Republicans in Ohio's primary. |
| 1:24.0 | His victory means he'll face the Democratic incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown in a general election in November. |
| 1:30.0 | And that race could end up determining control of the US Senate. |
| 1:34.0 | Marino spoke to supporters after his win yesterday. |
| 1:37.0 | And I want to thank President Trump for all he did for me, for this campaign campaign for his unwavering support for his love of this |
| 1:46.2 | country because I don't think I've ever seen somebody who loves this country the way |
| 1:50.7 | he does so thank you to President Trump. |
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