Have this in my back pocket it will be good to have, it was not on my bing he card for 2024. Definitely not. Guys thank you for everything this year. Happy new year. Happy new year. Appreciate everything. And this week, my cohost jake tapper will sit down with House Speaker mike johnson, be sure to watch that on the lead, this wednesday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Thank you for spending your Sunday Morning with us. Happy new year to you. The news continues next. Massive influx of migrants. People who are scared. Who are desperate. The reality is there is just too many people. My message is this. Do not just show up at the border. Immigration man, can i cross the line i can stay another day let me in, Immigration Man we are the United States of america. None of us would have our children in that position. They are human beings. Who gets to be part of the american political family . Who could become an american . Our country is full. How could anyone be antiimmigrant. Were all immigrants. The glory of america is the melting pot. The dreams that unfold here, are those that make america soar. People are willing to risk everything for the dream. We are and always will be a nation of immigrants. Im Fareed Zakaria, welcome to a special hour on immigration. A major surge of border crossings. That number could double in the coming days. Reaching emergency levels. It is no longer just a partisan Talking Point or a hyperbolic claim on fox news. The number of people arriving from other parts of the world have been staggering. The country has been facing a surge of migration the likes of which has never been seen. Streams of people every day, every hour. A record 2. 4 million migrants were apprehended at the border last fiscal year. That shattered the record set the previous year. And knewler equals the total population of chicago. And the clock is ticking. Officials on the border, theyre sounding the alarm. Hundreds have been arriving every day to some border cities. Sometimes tens of thousands of m migrants in a single month. All of our shelters are at capacity. Homeless shelters have been overwhelmed. This is not even about politicals. It is about humanity. Families have been sleeping on the streets. We have hundreds and hundreds and that is not the way we want to treat people. These border towns are no strangers to big migrations. But they have never gone through anything like this. That is a perfect storm of a system that is ultimately breaking. Why is this happening now . It is a unique m the history of the hemisphere. The pandemic and Climate Change with its brutal storms, droughts, and disease led to economic meltdowns, political unrest, and a perfect storm of migration. We have a planet of meme on the move. More people moving to more places thafr an before in the history of the world. Cuban migration to the United States rose nearly 500 in a single year. Colombia migration rose over 1100 . Upheaval continues to the nation. Over 11 Million People have fled venezuela and other countries. That is close to the skodus from war torn krukraine. The journey in itself is a life and death experience. 1yearold brenda has no shoes. They come to el paso. A city with a proud history of welcoming migrants, overwhelmed by a global price is. Leadership in el paso, was forced to declare a State Of Emergency there. Theyve come to small towns like eagle pass, texas. Which saw more migrants in one month than it had total residents. Even several hundred coming into a town could have an impact on the psyche of the people that were there. The border turmoil has it a big impact on border politics. The shocking twist came out of the border region. Zappara county, in texas, had not voted republican for president since the 1920s. Mitt romney lost there. Some blue went red. But donald trump in 2020 President Trump cared about the border. County after county, voters have moved away from the democrats. Republicans have made big gains all ang llong the texas border. Flipped from blue to red. The fact that were talking about south texas as a competitive area is a real shift. It is a trend weve seen repeatedly all over the world. Anger over immigration leads to hard right populous power. Back in 2015, europe witnesses the largest Refugee Crisis since the end of world war ii. Triggered by the brutal civil war in syria. European nations took in millions. It was a courageous humanitarian action. But it sparked a Major Political backlash. The british people have spoken and the answer is were out. The u. K. Leads we have got our country back. There was brexit in great britain. And Marine Le Pen with growing tallies in france. Just last year in italy, a party descended from mussolini formed the most far right government there since world war ii. They were formed by the nazi movement. Blamed liberal Immigration Policies for the countrys problems. In sweden, a party neonazi roots issues like crime and immigration are front and center. Won the second most seats in the countrys parliament. I just received a call from secretary clinton. In the United States, we saw donald trump use the issue to get himself to the presidency. Stop the steal. [ Crowd Chanting ] america showed up. And then began busting up all kinds of institutions that affected the lives of americans. You never know until it is too late. If liberals wont defend the border, fascists will. America seems open these days to an antiimmigrant message. More than half of americans believe there is an invasion at the border. Including 40 of democrats. And while three in four once believes that it was important for americas identity, just over half now think that is true. And with 2024 fast approaching, two of the most politically savvy governors have honed on this issue. Were dealing with smugglers, cartels. The Biden Administration is doing nothing. It is unprecedented and it is dangerous. In texas, Governor Greg Abbott launched operation lone star. Hes Arrested Thousands of migrants for criminal trespassing. As if to gurd his state for a war. Hes building a wall just like trump did. We are building the border wall in the state of texas. Governor greg abbott has been sending migrants in bus loads. Then there was the busing. Where will the migrants be spending the night . Thousands were dropped off with little warning. Even on the coldest Christmas Eve ever recorded in the nations capital. If you look at what is going on at the Southern Border, it is a total disaster. But the governor who outperformed everyone with his political theater the cartels are eating our lunch. Was ron desantis of florida. Arent you glad to live in the free state of florida. And he hatched a secret plan to fly migrants to the liberal island of marthas vineyard. A former counterintelligence agent was used to target migrants in san antonio with promises of housing and jobs. But when the migrants go the off their plane, absolutely no one was expecting them. They had been duped. There were just people wandering around on the island. Knocking on doors who didnt understand why they were there. What became very clear very quickly was these people have been victims of a crime. Without naming suspects, a texas sheriff as alleged unlawful restraint. Governor desantis has denied any wrongdoing and has since orchestrated nor flights of migrants to california. We are not a Sanctuary State and well help facilitate that transport for you to go to greener pastures. He also pasted one of the harshest laws for undocumented ever seen. More racial profiling. Frivolous stops. Which could punish his states economy to the tune of billions. Legislation that doesnt solve anything, harms our economy. These Migrant Workers are the drivers of floridas economy. If he becomes president , Desantis Promises Mass Deportations Ending Birth Right citizenship and using deadly force against migrants at the border. How did we get here . America has long prided itself as the happy vibrant melting pot, a nation that lives in harmony with newcomers. But if we look back at our history honestly, the story is filled with resentment and restrictions and backlash. In the mid 1800s, Fleeing A Terrell Famine at home, the irish flocked to america. They found a new home and jobs. But theyre arrival also sparked the rise of the zenno phobic no nothing party. It called for restrictions on immigration and even violence, electing 100 congressmen and eight governors and a president ial candidate. What is happening now has a long lineage. America accepted Chinese Workers so that it could build out the west. That led to another violent backlash. And the Chinese Exclusion Act which restricts a nation from americas shore. But the ugliest crusade against immigrants happened in the 1920s. A huge wave was landing in america. The largest this country has ever seen. 100,000 people a month arriving at ellis island. Italians, hungarians, russians. We have the socalled good white europeans, great britain, france, scandinavian countries, those are the real whites, the good whites. But then you these jews from Eastern Europe and then you have the italians from italy, southern europe. They were actually viewed as different races. In the 19th century, hungarians are race. Check slow vaukan are race. They are whiteish. There is skepticism about them. They are viewed as lesser. The new immigrants crowded into the tenements of the lower east side. Food carts long the sidewalks and throngs of barefoot children played in the streets. Many of the nationalities gather together in settlements of their own. They worship differently and they dress differently. Theyre speaking yiddish and they have italian food and these are ing thises that are new to me america. All of it horrified the wealthy elite. The blue bloods of park avenue and fifth avenue. They begin to freak out. They freak out and say we cant allow all of these hoards of new immigrants to come. They threaten everything that they hold dear about america. So some of the nations most prominent men got together and hatched a plan. These are men who saw themselves at the best and the brightest for sure. And these are respected people. They put their money and prestige behind scientists studying socalled inferior races. A pseudo science called yougenetics. It depends on your race and national origin. The goal, use science to weed out those deemed unfit. They werent beating around the bush. They werent speaking in code. They said it very straightforwardly. We want to basically freeze the racial ethnic composition of the United States. They believed that the new immigrants were physically and mentally defective. The more jews and italians, they have all of these negative qualities that we dont want. Theyre more likely to commit crimes or be mentally insane or ill. If it sounds like nazi germany, adolf hitler embraced american you genics. Adolf hitler has this real praise for the United States. He said the United States is really on the money. We could learn from them. You genetics decided it was time to go to washington. They presented evidence to write a new immigrant bill. The harshest the country has ever seen. They have expert testimony and they have studies to show and they say to congress, it is not just you being prejudiced or basis, there is science to back this up. We dont want people from other places coming. Come on. The law passed, the Immigration Act Of 1924 sharply cut immigration from across the world. Putting rigid quotas on socalled undesirables. They shut the door and reduced immigration to the u. 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We make money from ads, but they dont follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. Music] join the millions of people taking back their privacy [protesters chant] the year was 1965. Speaker what do you want . All freedom Fareed ZakariaFreedom And Racial Equality the year was 1965. Freedom and racial equality were on the march. From selma, to montgomery. We are standing before the forces of power in the state of alabama saying we aint going to let nobody turn us around. And yet, americas immigrants were still chosen based on the color of their skin. Asians, African Americans and other groups were severely restricted. Ellis island will be the first taste of the promised land. The raced based Immigration System that began in the 1920s. Which adolf hitler had admired was still going strong. Those who do come, will come because of what they are and not because of the land from which they sprung. But in the shadow of the statue of liberty, everything would change. With my signature, this system is abolished. President Lyndon Johnson signed a sweeping new measure declaring that america would be color blind when choosing immigrants. Now is the time to make real the promises of the democracy. The law was a little known chapter of the civil rights movement. And it would change the face of america. Setting it on a path to become a much more diverse country, this Demographic Revolution happened largely by accident. Thanks in part to a congressman who wanted to keep america white. We are a prospering people. Wherever we live, or earn our livelihood by the 1960s, the author of the racist Immigration Laws of the 1920s had gotten exactly what they wanted. America was overwhelmingly white. They wrote laws to ensure that that would happen and it worked. Immigration had plummeted. The percentage of Foreign Born Americans dropped by nearly twothirds. As a New York Times headline had predicted, americas melting pot had come to an end. But since the war against nazi germany, there had been a growing consensus that a racebased approach to immigration was wrong. The nazis devised their own quota system. Because of the awfulness of hitlerism and the nazis, they say, this is terrible. We need to rethink this and redo this. I shall ask for adequate and decent law for displaced persons. President harry truman despises the countrys Immigration Laws. All of them have been behind barbed wire. And they shut many refugees out. Even holocaust survivors. President truman signed a new bill. He signed a Landmark Ball allowing in more refugees. The first batch but he could not get rid of the racebased Immigration System. President eisenhower was also not a fan of the old laws. The calculated pressures of aggressive communism. Soviet russia parades its military strength. You have communist governments saying the United States is a racist country. And we were very concerned about losing a propaganda advantage. What is more, earlier Immigrant Groups like Italian Americans said to be racially inferior were becoming part of american family. We, in america, are immigrants. A new idea was born. A people welded from many nations and races. America, the land of immigrants. We take it for granted that is how weve always imagined ourselves. That is new at this time. My country welcomed so many sons and daughters of so many countries and gave them a fair chance and a fair opportunity. One the early champions of that new idea was john f. Kennedy. He was part of the immigration story. The kennedys, irish immigrants. No distinction is made between the naturalized citizen. And he called for an overhaul of the immigration law. Pushing for fair immigration was not only right in kennedys view, it was good politics. He attracted a enormous crowd. Since recent rivals were graining political clout, kennedys support for immigration helped vault him to the presidency. In july of 63, he submitted an Immigration Bill to congress. All people can make equally good citizens. Promising equal treatment of all peoples. Just a few weeks later, thousands marched on washington. Free at last, free at last. Thank god almighty were free at last. The time when there is protests saying weve got to have a country founded on the equality of all people. Weve said that in our documents before but now it is time to really live it out. But kennedys Immigrat