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Francisco Segovia

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313 total appearances

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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

Thousands of Venezuelans left home to different places, including the United States.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

Venezuelans came to the border.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

They were put in places to process them.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

My understanding is that the United States, like many other societies, first world countries, as they call, they have this process where you can ask for political asylum.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

Some of them were allowed to get into the United States.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

So the issues of Latin America, the constant migration of Latin America has also a level of connection between U.S.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

policy.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

I wouldn't say 100% U.S.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

is responsible because we have local governments in our countries that are very responsible as well.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

But there is a link between those two factors.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

So all these things create instability.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

And instability creates migrations.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

And also the receiving economy needs people.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

And so we have a broken immigration system that needs people, that needs their labor, but don't want to see people.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

People want to eat their tacos, but don't want to see the ones who put them together.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

People want to see their houses clean or hotels clean, but don't want to see the labor that produces that.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

So that's, I think, something that the United States people need to understand, that you cannot have the labor without the person.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

I believe so.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

I believe so.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

And I don't think no one speaks about open borders.