Weekly Roundup: Thursday, May 16

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.4 • 25.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

President Trump gave a speech where he unveiled an immigration plan that calls for a dramatic change to the legal immigration system in the United States. The governor of Alabama signed into law one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country. This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, political editor Domenico Montanaro and national correspondent Sarah McCammon. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Emily from Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada.
0:05.3	I live a couple blocks away from the hotel where the Seagull Pepperoni incident took place.
0:11.0	And trust me, we can't let it go either.
0:15.2	This podcast was recorded at...
0:17.1	It's 313 Eastern on Thursday, May 16th.
0:20.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:23.1	Okay, here's the show.
0:26.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:28.2	I'm Scott Detro, I cover politics.
0:30.0	I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.
0:31.6	And I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:33.3	Okay, and President Trump gave a speech today
0:36.1	and the White House rose garden.
0:37.7	He unveiled his latest version of an immigration plan.
0:41.2	It would call for a drastic change to the legal immigration system in the United States.
0:46.2	Our plan achieves two critical goals.
0:49.0	First, it stops illegal immigration and fully secures the border.
0:53.4	And second, it establishes a new legal immigration system.
0:57.4	That protects American wages, promotes American values,
1:02.4	and attracts the best and brightest from all around the world.
1:07.4	Tam, the President talks about immigration
1:09.9	basically more than any other subject.
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