Republicans are convening in Milwaukee to nominate candidates for president and vice president. The party adopted a platform that begins with the promise to “seal the border and stop the migrant invasion.”

TUESDAY, JULY 16

PROGRAM #10439 12:00 PM PT 

RNC 2024: Immigration Promises. Republicans are convening in Milwaukee to nominate candidates for president and vice president. The party adopted a platform that begins with the promise to “seal the border and stop the migrant invasion,” followed by “carrying out the largest deportation operation in US history.” The platform, crafted by operatives of the Trump campaign, also promises to “stop the migrant crime epidemic” and to fight against “giving voting rights to illegal aliens.” In this edition, immigration analysts examine what to expect from a Republican presidency under these priorities and rhetoric. Also, a state legislator thinks that Florida, under anti-immigrant SB 1718 law, is being used as a lab to test the restrictive immigration policies proposed in the Republican platform and the presidential Project 2025.

Guests: Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director, America’s Voice, Washington, DC; Cecilia Esterline, Immigration Research Analyst, Niskanen Center, Washington, DC; Susan Valdes, Florida State Representative, Tampa, FL.

Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

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