Listen "Immigrants: We get the job done"
Episode Synopsis
What role should local governments play in the national crisis we're living through? How far outside their comfort zone is it reasonable to ask county and city politicians to go? I don't have answers. But we can start at least acknowledging the problem.SourcesBrevard City Council Feb. 3 meeting:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DivXuyb0rVIPanama hotels imprison US deportees:https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5301668/panama-us-deportees-hotelBlue Ridge Highway repairshttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/02/18/blue-ridge-parkway-sections-still-closed-from-helene-what-to-know/78956829007/WNC recovery at risk from Forest Service cutshttps://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2025/02/18/us-forest-service-staff-were-working-on-helene-recovery-before-firings/78638333007/Pentagon cuts are next:https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5297896/elon-musk-doge-pentagon-dod
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