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Brian and Derek are joined by this week’s special guest, TPPF’s Chief of Intelligence & Research and Director for Texas Identity, Joshua Treviño for a lively discussion regarding the current status of the crisis along our southern border and beyond, as well as predictions for what 2024 might have in store for Texas.
3:00 Derek’s Interim Update
8:45 Overview of current Texas - Mexico relationship
11:40 Explosion - even INVASION of illegals crossing our southern border
17:55 Border crisis affecting “sanctuary cities”
20:40 Biden Administration Sues Texas to Stop Enforcement of State Law Criminalizing Illegal Immigration
22:05 TPPF Predicted it: The Feds Just Messed With Texas Over Buoys — And Sided With Cartel-Driven Mexico
22:45 Biden is asking for Mexican help to stop the record surge of migrants. Here's what Mexico wants in return.
27:25 Universal opinion on securing the border from law enforcement… so why isn’t it happening?
30:55 If a Republican takes the White House, what changes can be made immediately?
36:00 Predictions for 2024 - Biggest issues for GOP/Dems this election year?
40:40 GOP and Dem presidential nominee? Winner?
43:15 Super Bowl?
3:00 Derek’s Interim Update
8:45 Overview of current Texas - Mexico relationship
11:40 Explosion - even INVASION of illegals crossing our southern border
17:55 Border crisis affecting “sanctuary cities”
20:40 Biden Administration Sues Texas to Stop Enforcement of State Law Criminalizing Illegal Immigration
22:05 TPPF Predicted it: The Feds Just Messed With Texas Over Buoys — And Sided With Cartel-Driven Mexico
22:45 Biden is asking for Mexican help to stop the record surge of migrants. Here's what Mexico wants in return.
27:25 Universal opinion on securing the border from law enforcement… so why isn’t it happening?
30:55 If a Republican takes the White House, what changes can be made immediately?
36:00 Predictions for 2024 - Biggest issues for GOP/Dems this election year?
40:40 GOP and Dem presidential nominee? Winner?
43:15 Super Bowl?
Creators & Guests
Host
Brian Phillips
Brian Phillips is the Chief Communications Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. For over a decade, Brian has helped policymakers and political candidates develop effective messages and communication strategies. Phillips is a veteran of presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial campaigns, and has extensive experience working in the United States Congress and public policy think tanks.
Host
Derek M. Cohen
Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D, is the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Chief Research Officer and Right on Crime Senior Fellow. Previously the Vice President of Policy and director of Right on Crime, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative, Cohen was instrumental in the passage of the First Step Act, federal legislation that borrowed from successful changes to prisons and sentencing that he had helped pass in conservative states. In addition to leading the Foundation’s work on criminal justice, he is also the lead researcher of firearms policy.
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