2025-07-12
50 分钟The Economist.
Even before there was a United States,
there were laws regulating who got to live there.
In 1683, New York, then under British control,
permitted the deportation of transients to the country from whence they came.
President Trump has promised to deport millions of illegal migrants from the United States,
and his domestic policy bill, which now has his big, beautiful signature,
doles out the money that may make that possible.
I'm John Prudhoe, and this is Checks and Balance from The Economist.
Each week, we take one big theme shaping American politics and explore it in depth.
Today, how will Donald Trump's second term change immigration in the United States?
The big, beautiful bill showers money on the Department of Homeland Security for new immigration agents.
Will it be enough to quiet his critics on the right,
who say deportations aren't happening quickly enough?
Already in his term, border crossings have slowed to a trickle.
How will businesses, farms, and the country manage with fewer workers?
Joining me this week to talk about immigration policy and immigration enforcement in America are Charlotte Howard,
who's in New York, and joining the podcast, James Bennett, who's in Lyme, Connecticut.
James, what's going on in Lyme?
It's quiet and peaceful here in Lyme, John,