Weekly Wrap: 'Send Them Back,' New Asylum Rules, Storming Area 51

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🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The U.S. announced new asylum rules this week, making asylum seekers who have passed through another country first ineligible to claim asylum at the U.S. southern border. Sam looks at how recent attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color falls in line with President Trump's reelection strategy. Plus, why millions of people have responded to a Facebook event to "storm Area 51" and "see them aliens." Sam is joined in the studio by New York Times national correspondent Jennifer Medina and NPR correspondent Kirk Siegler.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Daddy. This week on the show,
0:04.4	Jennifer Medina, New York Times, National Correspondence,
0:08.3	and Kirk Figgler, NPR National Desk Correspondent.
0:12.2	All right, let's start the show.
0:15.9	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:18.1	It's been a minute. Happy weekends to my listeners and to my guests,
0:22.3	who for the first time in a while are both with me in studio in Los Angeles,
0:27.1	two LA reporters, Jenny Medina, National Correspondent for the New York Times,
0:31.1	based in LA. Kirk Seagler, my friend, NPR Correspondent,
0:35.2	covering America's Rule and Urban Divide. Thank you both for being here.
0:39.3	Hey Sam. It's trying to get a little more cheerful, Kirk.
0:43.0	Hey Sam, it's Kirk. It's not Bruce Hornsby.
0:48.2	I am playing right now a song that's nearing here to my heart that is also in the news this week.
0:53.1	From a little guy you may have heard of called Tupac Shakur.
1:05.4	You both know this song. Yeah, I made the Bruce Hornsby reference to the sample.
1:08.8	Oh, oh no. I want another level.
1:12.6	You're on another level. Okay, it's okay. So this classic Tupac Shakur song,
1:17.8	it's called Changes, and this Tupac song, as well as some other Tupac songs,
1:22.6	in the news this week, because there was a good day or two of reporting suggesting that
1:29.3	some lyrics of Tupac were part of the firing of Iowa's head of department of human services.
1:35.3	Jerry Foxhoven. So Jerry was a state bureaucrat in Iowa who would often send all staff emails
1:43.7	with Tupac quotes in them. So like, for instance, he sent a song from this song
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