How a 1996 US immigration policy changed everything

Explain It to Me

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🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Almost 30 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act into law. This policy would have far-reaching implications and ripple effects that are still present today. Here to explain are two beloved Weeds alumni: Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews. References: (2016) The disastrous, forgotten 1996 law that created today's immigration problem (2016) "If the goal was to get rid of poverty, we failed": the legacy of the 1996 welfare reform (2021) Time Machine: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965 by Jia Lynn Yang Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, 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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1:05.6	Hello and welcome to another episode of The Woods. I'm John Boynile, and today we have two very
1:12.3	special guests on the show. Hello, it is I, a special guest. Yes, folks, we are joined by two
1:20.6	weeds alumni, Dylan Matthews and Darrell End. Hello. Is that not the hello part? No, it's perfect.
1:29.4	We are audio professionals over here. If you are a new listener who's joined us recently,
1:35.5	Dylan and Darrell go way back in the weeds timeline and have both sat in the host chair at various
1:40.5	points. Dylan is a senior correspondent here at Fox, and also the lead writer of Fox's Future
1:46.0	Perfect. And Darra is a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council who, after her time
1:51.7	as a Fox reporter and weeds co-host, has continued to graces with her presence over the years.
1:57.9	We wanted to get the crew back together one last time, because Darra is officially leaving the
2:02.4	weeds universe for a new job. And as a farewell gift, we finally decided to do an episode
2:09.2	that she's been pitching basically for forever. And the reason she's been pitching it for so long
2:14.4	is because, according to her, it's the most consequential piece of immigration policy you've likely
2:20.2	never heard of. So, Darra, Dylan, welcome back to the weeds. Thank you. So, Darra, how long have you
2:29.3	been wanting to do this episode? So, I got to write and explain her when I was full-time at Fox.
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