Abbott and DeSantis: Stunt queens or policy makers?

Explain It to Me

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🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

US immigration policy is complicated. And when Republican Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis chartered buses and planes to relocate migrants to “blue cities,” it raised a ton of legal questions. But it also ignited the age-old question about our immigration system: Why is it so complicated? Weeds veteran Dara Lind (@DLind) explains. References: Why Ron DeSantis is baiting Biden on the border Opinion | Ron DeSantis Is Making an Asylum Crisis of His Own Host: Jonquilyn Hill (@jonquilynhill), Vox senior producer Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser A.M. Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.7	Now if you're like me, the southern US border has been back at the top of your news feeds,
1:13.3	but it's not just about how many people are arriving at the border.
1:17.9	Now it's about where migrants are headed once they enter the country.
1:22.3	Republican governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott made headlines after sending planes and buses
1:27.4	of migrants from Florida and Texas to blue cities.
1:31.6	DeSantis escalated the move Abbott has been making all summer by sending a plane full of
1:35.6	migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
1:37.8	Of course these political stunts have generated quite a lot of buzz ahead of 2024, but the
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