Sarah McCammon
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8 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 24 Mar
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Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 5th, 2025.
Congratulations. Good luck. We hope so. Love is real. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics.
And today on the show, we take a look at how President Trump's immigration policies are developing so far. Jimena, you've been all over this beat. Immigration, as you know, has always been a major focus for Trump, and it was a really big focus of the 2024 campaign. What's happened so far?
Now, Trump said in his address to Congress last night, speaking of numbers, that his administration, quote, has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history. Is that true?
You know, Mara, is this a situation where the optics of taking some kind of action, whatever it is, will matter more for Trump supporters than whether or not he actually literally delivers on all of his campaign promises for immigration?
Yeah, let's talk more about that. I mean, Jimena, based on your reporting, if Trump were successful on a large scale, what would that mean for the economy nationally and local economies?
All right. We talked earlier about the optics of mass deportation, as Trump calls it. But what about the logistics? I mean, he's expressed a desire to deport somewhere in the neighborhood of 11 million people, maybe even more. Is that remotely feasible as the system currently stands?
We'll have more in a moment.
And we're back. Now, Jimena, we've talked a lot about deportation, but it's worth noting that there are some kinds of immigration that Trump does support.
And Mara, I mean, this isn't totally a new idea, right? But it kind of aligns with Trump's transactional view of how politics are supposed to work.
You know, there's been an appetite going back many years now for some kind of immigration reform in Congress. There have been many efforts toward that end. A deal was in place when President Joe Biden was in office, which Trump essentially torpedoed from afar.
Do either of you get the sense that any kind of major legislative reform is possible now or is immigration policy just going to be directed through executive action?
Jimena, you've been watching this all unfold. You've been watching Trump begin to implement some of his immigration policy in the first several weeks of his administration. What are you going to have your eyes on in the coming weeks and months?
So that's kind of where they're at. Just one more thing I want to mention before we go. Ximena, you mentioned the word fear a couple of times. And that made me think about President Trump's speech to Congress. He said, they heard my words and they chose not to come. You know, we've talked a lot about enforcement, but it seems that part of the strategy is fear, right? It's just simply to protest.
tell people who might otherwise come to this country don't.
All right. That's all from us for today. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics.
And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.
Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House. And I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics. It is 1147 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. And earlier tonight, President Trump gave a joint address to Congress.
As soon as the president arrived in the House chamber, the tone and tenor of things was noticeably different than many previous similar speeches. Republicans gave Trump a standing ovation and chanted USA as he approached the lectern. Some Democrats skipped the event altogether, and those who were there were largely silent and seated. That is, until the speech started.
So that was early on in Trump's speech when House Speaker Mike Johnson directed the sergeant at arms to remove Congressman Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, from the chamber for interrupting Trump after Trump said he and Republicans had won a mandate to govern. This was quite a moment, wasn't it?
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