Nicole Narea
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Big Monday in America. Amy Klobuchar kicked things off by subtweeting the incoming president.
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I'm sure there are a lot of Republicans in this country, Nicole, who would say, yes, if an undocumented immigrant comes into this country and then steals baby formula, yes, that mother should be detained. What's more interesting, I suppose, here is that there are a lot of Democrats also voting in support of this act and saying, yeah, sure, go for it.
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When you talk about the political realities of 2024 that might be driving Democrats to vote for legislation like this, what are we talking about exactly? Are we talking about just the fact that the Democrats kind of got shellacked or something else?
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Bing, bing, bing, bong, bong, bong, bong, bing. Today explained Sean Ramos from here on January 21st, the day after many executive orders signed by our once and once again President Donald Trump. Andrew Prokop, senior political correspondent at Vox, is here to help us work through them. Andrew, what did we learn yesterday?
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How many more Lake and Riley acts do Republicans have up their sleeves? I mean, this one was making its way through Congress before Donald Trump even took the oath of office on Monday. How many more chances do Republicans get to tweak our immigration system?
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And it's a tough path for Democrats because they were just in power for four years. And the American people very much want to see a change, not just in who's sitting in the White House, but in how we deal with immigration in this country.
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Nicole Nerea, Vox. You can read her and Andrew at Vox.com. Shout-outs to Daniela Diaz at Politico for her help with today's show, too. Peter Valadon-Rosen and Amanda Llewellyn produced. Amina Alsadi edited. Laura Bullard and Victoria Chamberlain kept us accurate. And Rob Byers and Andrea Christian's daughter mixed this episode of Today Explained.
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Fun. OK, let's start with their big swings. Where did they focus their day one attention?
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President Trump was surrounded by his best tech bros, one of whom would later in the day do a few Sieg Heils. Thank you. After the speeches, the flags were raised at the White House in the Capitol building. R.I.P. R.I.P. Jimmy Carter.
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OK, so pardoning everyone from the January 6th incident, you know, predictable or surprising, depending on your perspective. There was a whole lot of other stuff he did, including on immigration, which I want to get to eventually. But in the meantime, tell us about some of the other themes of day one.
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And the president signed a bunch of executive orders, first at the arena. Could you imagine Biden doing this? I don't think so. And then back at the White House.
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Oh, that's a big one. Back in executive action on Today Explained.
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One high-profile firing you forgot to mention, Andrew, Vivek Ramaswamy.
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The reality is many people are annoyed by my rise and believe that... We knew immigration orders were coming, Andrew, and come they did. Tell us about what Trump tried to do on day one to overhaul our immigration system.
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Did he signal that he is going to need congressional support for any of these major initiatives, especially on immigration? Or did he signal that he wants to go it alone, both, something in the middle?
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Nicole Nerea, senior politics writer at Vox. Nicole, tell us about the Lake and Riley Act.