Congress hasn’t passed meaningful immigration policy reform in decades. And the fate of the border deal the Senate has been weighing is looking bleak. But immigrants are an important part of the U.S. economy, and the status quo is not working. So what do we do? On the show today, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, an immigration law professor at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law and author of the new book “Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the ‘Criminal Alien,'” explains why our current immigration policies don’t match the country’s economic needs, what a realistic approach to immigration would look like, and why states and cities might have to take the lead on the issue if Congress continues to stagnate.

Then, we’ll break down the betting forecast for this year’s Super Bowl by the numbers. And, Big Tech’s AI crutch. Plus, we’ll get smarter about cicadas!

Here’s everything we talked about today:




“The Senate border deal is dead” from The Washington Post







“Detention and that border ‘shutdown’: What’s really in Biden’s bipartisan immigration deal” from Politico







“Before Title 42, Congress Failed to Overhaul Immigration Policy” from The New York Times







“Biden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agenda” from Vox







“Texas’ Standoff With the Border Patrol Is a Constitutional Powder Keg” from Mother Jones







“Immigration has returned to pre-pandemic numbers. How does that affect the economy?” from Marketplace







“Tech Layoffs Just Keep Coming as Sector Resets for AI” from The Wall Street Journal







“The Super Bowl is expected to smash betting records. Nearly 68M US adults plan to wager” from AP News







“Cicada brood map 2024: When and where billions of the bugs will emerge” from Vox





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