The World and Everything in It: September 26, 2023

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning! President Biden’s changes to border policy have left border-town officials unable to cope.

SALINAS: This is unacceptable. Just enforce the laws that are on the books.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Also today: how much do carmakers really need to know about those behind the wheel? And mixed blessings from an anti-trafficking movie:

AUDIO: We did a fundraising event. And when I opened up for questions, you know, it's ‘What is your take on the Sound of Freedom?’ And my and I said, well, it doesn't portray an accurate picture of what trafficking is in San Diego.

And WORLD Opinions commentator Bethel McGrew on leftist pro-lifers.

REICHARD: It’s Tuesday, September 26th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

EICHER: And I’m Nick Eicher. Good morning!

REICHARD: Time now for news with Kent Covington

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Menendez speaks out » Embattled New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is firing back against federal corruption charges and those calling on him to step down.

MENEDEZ: The court of public opinion is no substitute for our revered justice system.

Menendez accused many critics of rushing to judgment for political reasons and said when he has his day in court, he’ll be cleared of all charges.

Authorities found nearly a half-million dollars in cash in his home, but the senator said that money did not come from bribes as prosecutors allege.

MENENDEZ: For 30 years, I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which I have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba.

The indictment says authorities recovered envelopes full of cash from his house, and that on those envelopes were the fingerprints of another defendant in the case.

Prosecutors accuse Menendez of acceping cash and gold in exchange for political favors.

Migrant numbers » New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is deploying another 150 National Guard troops to help with a migrant crisis in New York City on top of 2,000 already deployed.

HOCHUL: And what his allow us today — 250 National Guard members will focus solely on case management.

Among other things, they’ll process work permits for asylum seekers, including those who illegally crossed the border into the United States.

The White House gave New York the green light to grant work permits to nearly a half-million Venezuelan migrants.

Critics say with border traffic surging back to record levels, the move will provide further incentive for millions more to illegally cross the border.

Ukraine war crimes » Russian soldiers have continued to commit brutal war crimes against civilians in Ukraine. That’s according to investigators working for the UN, citing yet more evidence.

Erik Mose heads up the independent inquiry.

MOSE: Willful killings, killing of civilians, rape, deportation of children, sexual offenses.

Mose said his team has found evidence of crimes committed on both sides, but that Russian forces have apparently committed vastly more vastly more — and a wider array — of abuses.

In a new report to the Human Rights Council, the commission reported sexual violence against women as old as 83.

Tim Scott leans into life issue » As Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump seemingly shifts to the left on the topic of abortion, GOP rival, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is leaning into the party’s pro-life platform.

SCOTT: Some Republicans want to retreat on life. I know life is a gift from God, and this is a fight we must win.

That’s part of a new campaign ad.

Former President Donald Trump made a surprising remark last week, calling Florida’s Heartbeat bill protecting unborn children after about six weeks—quote—“a terrible thing.”

Newsom / DeSantis to debate in November  » Sen. Scott will be on stage at the Reagan Library in California tomorrow for the second presidential debate of the year alongside roughly a half-dozen other Republicans, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

And the governor has unexpectedly just penciled in one more debate on his calendar. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin has more.

KRISTEN FLAVIN: DeSantis will face Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a one-on-one debate on November 30th on Fox News.

Newsom is not running for president. But his interest in mounting a White House bid is an open secret. Analysts say Newsom is preparing to step in should President Biden withdraw for any reason. And the governor may already be laying the groundwork for 20-28.

The debate is a chance for him to raise his national profile.

For DeSantis, it’s a chance to show a national audience how he’ll fare head-to-head against a high-profile Democrat.

For WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

WGA writers strike » In Hollywood, screenwriters are putting down their picket signs.

The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative deal with the heads of major studios and streaming services to end a monthslong strike.

More than 11-thousand writers walked off the job in May demanding, among other things, better pay, and guarantees that studios won’t t

Zayd Dorhn is a WGA member and Chicago strike captain.

DORHN: I think you'll see this wrap up in about a week to ten days. We'll probably be able to get back to work within about ten days.

Picketing ended Sunday, five days before the strike would have become the longest in the history of the writers’ guild.

Writers will have to sign off on the agreement before returning to work. A strike by Hollywood actors is still ongoing with no sign of a deal.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: a conversation about U.S. border policy. Plus, cars that pay too much attention to their drivers.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Tuesday the 26th of September, 2023.

Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Up first: Another surge of migrants at the southern border.

Back in May, the Biden Administration set policies it promised would stem the flow of migrants illegally crossing. And for several months, the numbers did drop, although extremely hot weather likely kept people away. Now, with cooler temperatures, the numbers of unauthorized migrants have surged yet again to near-record levels.

REICHARD: Last week, thousands of migrants crossed the Rio Grande and got through the razor wire near Eagle Pass, Texas. That prompted the mayor to declare a state of emergency as local resources maxed out.

RONALDO SALINAS: We’re here abandoned. We’re on the border. We’re asking for help. This is unacceptable. Please, just enforce the laws that are on the books.

On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security released new data showing the number of illegal aliens encountered at our borders hit a record high in August…and September is on pace to register even higher numbers.

EICHER: What’s behind the surge, and how does American border policy or lack of it relate?

Joining us now to talk about it is Theresa Cardinal Brown. She’s Senior Advisor on Immigration and Border Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington. She previously served in the Department of Homeland Security under both the Bush and Obama administrations.

REICHARD: Theresa, good morning.

THERESA CARDINAL BROWN, GUEST: Good morning.

REICHARD: Well let’s start with the new ground rules. How is the Customs and Border Patrol responding to illegal entry into the U.S. differently now after Title 42?

BROWN: So they're basically reverting back to the authorities they have under immigration law, which is what happened before Title 42 was put in place. So what the Biden administration essentially tried to do was under its immigration authorities change the incentives and when or where people could apply for asylum after crossing the border. So they opened up appointments at ports of entry for people who applied using this app called CBP One. Currently, they have not quite 2,000 appointments a day at various ports of entry across the border that people can sign up for. They also match this with a regulation that said that if you come and arrive between ports of entry, there's a higher bar for you to be able to ask for asylum, you're presumed to be ineligible unless you can show some exceptions such as hardship or inability to use CBP One or other things.

REICHARD: So those are a lot of changes. How is border patrol managing now?

BROWN: Well, the challenge with any of these processes is they require time for the agents to actually process somebody through these new requirements. So they have to be entered into computer systems, there are forms that have to be filled out and signed and translated, and you have to explain to the migrants what's going on, that all takes time and you need a place to do it. And frankly, the challenge for border patrol for Customs and Border Protection writ large, even at ports of entry, is capacity. When more people arrive, particularly in a short period of time, and in one area, it means that their capacity to take people to a facility that won't be overcrowded. The time it takes to process everybody through these requirements, grows and becomes pressurized, essentially, is what they call it. Even though the rules say they're going to carry out these certain types of immigration processes, the reality is that when the numbers exceed their ability to do that, they are still releasing many people into the country to pursue their claims later at a later date.

REICHARD: How have immigration patterns changed since you were in the Department of Homeland Security? And specifically talk about family units and reasons claimed for asylum.

BROWN: Yeah, so the two major major differences between what's happening at the border now and what happened, say in the early 2000s, even the 1990s one is where people are coming from so for most of the last century and a half 99% plus of everyone that was encountered at the US Mexico border was a Mexican citizen. That matters because they could be deported back to Mexico relatively quickly if they didn't have another reason to stay. And when I say relatively quickly, I mean within a day, less than a day, a few hours sometimes. And that meant that we, we basically put together short term holding facilities along the border for people, because the expectation is that people would be either sent back to Mexico or, you know, released in the country very, very quickly. The other difference is that most of them were single adults, mostly men who were caught trying to sneak in, and were looking for work, and were not asking for asylum. So again, they could be deported or sent back to Mexico very, very quickly. What's changed and this started changing in the mid 2010s, but really has accelerated since then, is more and more people not from Mexico. And that matters because we can't send people back to Mexico who aren't Mexican unless Mexico agrees. The second big difference is it's no longer single adults, no longer single adult men, it's a lot of families. And families are challenging because we don't have capacity to detain them. And lastly, most of these people are not trying to escape or evade Border Patrol. They're turning themselves in because they want to ask for asylum. So those things that were the exceptions are now the rule and our law, our processes, our logistics, our infrastructure and personnel have not changed to adapt to this.

REICHARD: Final question: Is there any aspect of the immigration crisis that you think needs more attention?

BROWN: You know, one of the things I think that is not really widely recognized, at least in terms of the public debate, and the way politicians talk about it is, this is not an easy situation, there's not a quick fix, there's not a single policy, like if we just did this, it would all go away. We didn't get where we are right now in a day. And we're not going to get out of the situation. Million and millions of Venezuelans have left their country. Haiti is a failed state, the Haitians are not going back there. I don't think we have recognized really that we're in a paradigm shift when it comes to migration, and we really do need to rethink a lot of things about what we presumed works at the border.

REICHARD: Theresa Cardinal Brown is Senior Advisor of Immigration and Border Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Theresa, thanks for joining us!

BROWN: Thank you for having me.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: Is your car listening to you?

KITT: I’m the voice of Knight Industry 2000’s microprocessor. KITT for easy reference. “Kitt” if you prefer.

KNIGHT: I want to know who you are and how you’re listening in?

KITT: May I suggest you put the car in auto cruise mode for safety’s sake?

KNIGHT: No, you may not. So clam up.

KITT: As you wish, Mr. Knight.

KNIGHT: I can’t believe this. A car that talks back to me.

REICHARD: [laugh] That’s from the TV show Knight Rider. It ran between 1982 and 1986 on NBC, and how prescient it was. 

EICHER: No kidding. Now it’s commonplace for new cars not just to talk back, but to listen in.

A new report from the tech company Mozilla says that cars are picking up, and passing on a lot more about you than you might realize.

WORLD’s Mary Muncy has our story.

AMBER MOORE: I can just turn it on. It says, Hello, Amber.

MARY MUNCY, REPORTER: When Amber Moore starts up her new 2023 Subaru Ascent, the dashboard lights up. Between the speed and RPM gauges, a little green eye appears—telling her the car’s inside-facing camera is on and watching her.

MOORE: If I scratch my head while I'm driving, it'll tell me to keep my eyes on the road.

MUNCY: Oh, my goodness.

MOORE: Like it totally watches you.

Moore says her husband thinks it’s a little creepy.

MOORE: He's like, it's the evil red eye.

The car’s computer is constantly collecting data on where she goes, her safety habits, even what she looks like. These features and others are relatively standard across the spectrum of new cars.

And it’s a little concerning.

SOUND: [Door closing]

So, I went to a few dealerships to see what happens to all of this data.

MUNCY: Hi my name is Mary Muncy, and I’m a reporter for WORLD Magazine.

But the folks at the Nissan dealership said they couldn’t talk to the press, and neither could the other three dealerships I tried.

But a trade group representing the manufacturers of most cars and trucks sold in the U.S. did tell the Associated Press that they have broad privacy policies based on the consumer’s consent, because the patchwork of privacy laws across the U.S. makes it difficult to make more specific, cohesive policies.

But some people don’t think that’s enough.

The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation reviewed the privacy policies of 25 car brands—from BMW to Tesla and said they were all bad.

This affects newer cars that have the capacity to connect to your phone or sensors for self-driving capabilities, so if you still have a tape player you’re probably safe.

ZOE MACDONALD: The car companies are essentially doing all of the things that we don't like to see in privacy policies.

That’s Zoe MacDonald. She helped create Mozilla’s report.

MACDONALD: So they collect a ton of very personal data. They don't let their users have control over that data. They also often share and sell that data. And then they also, they don't have a very good track record of actually protecting and keeping that data safe and secure.

That data can include everything from your social security number to your religion.

Some of the privacy policies even mention being able to collect information on your sexual activity.

MACDONALD: Essentially everything that's going on, they have the ability to collect it, and they often do collect it.

Once they have that data they can do just about anything they want with it.

Mozilla found that most car companies would share personal information. And about three-quarters of them said they would sell it.

Most of the companies also said they would share drivers’ information with law enforcement upon request without requiring a warrant.

MACDONALD: Just for context, this is not normal. This level of data collection, and this amount of sharing and selling of your personal data isn't standard even in like, in today's data collecting world or with connected products or with your cell phone or with your smart home.

So why does American law allow this to happen? The answer is a bit complicated.

Colin Bennett is a professor of political science at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and has studied privacy for over 30 years.

He says most of the world has decided to solve personal privacy problems with comprehensive privacy laws. But the U.S. is regulating it in a piecemeal fashion.

COLIN BENNETT: You have a situation in the U.S. where huge areas of your economy is not properly covered by data protection and privacy law.

In the U.S., eleven states have comprehensive laws protecting consumers’ data privacy, while another 16 state legislatures have introduced bills to regulate it.

Car manufacturers also have a set of rules that they’ve agreed to.

BENNETT: They rely on you know, earlier processes where a consumer would have consented without really knowing what they're consenting to. And and that's a real problem.

That’s also true under Canada’s stricter privacy laws.

Bennett says consumers don’t have much choice in the matter. The manufacturers say that if you turn off some of those features, the car may not work properly or you may not be notified of some essential defect.

Mozilla also pointed out that since all of the policies are bad, consumers can’t simply switch to a brand they’re more comfortable with.

BENNETT: In order to exercise your choices to exercise your options, you've got to be extremely diligent, do a lot of homework. And most people like me do not have the time or the interest.

For now, Bennett says if you’re concerned and car savvy, you can turn off the features you’re not comfortable with. And depending on what state you live in, you may be able to track what’s happening to your data.

He also says that if you’re going to go buy a new car, ask why the dealership needs certain information. And if they can’t give you a good answer, don’t give it to them.

SOUND: [Driving in car]

When Amber Moore rolled her Subaru off the lot in June, the benefits outweighed the risks in her mind. She likes the features in her car and plans to keep most of them. Her favorite feature is the 24 cupholders.

MOORE: There's three-three in each door. And then two here. There's, there's four in the back doors there.

That might even be out of KITT’s league.

MUSIC: [KNIGHT RIDER THEME SONG]

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Mary Muncy.

NEWSCASTERS: It’s Groundhog Day!

NICK EICHER, HOST: No, it’s not but this story gives “Groundhog Day” a whole new meaning.

A woman went to get her car washed after a bird got stuck in the front grille.

The car wash did just fine but there was something else, and the cleaners needed Jiffy Lube next door to help.

In a Jiffy, they found that a was inside the front bumper.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Cute!

EICHER: Debatable.

REICHARD: Alive?

EICHER: No doubt.

They named him.

NED RYERSON: Phil?!

Nope, they went with “Mike” for some reason. And he was as elusive as a groundhog shadow with an early spring coming.

They pulled the bumper. Mike ran to the back of the car. So they took off the rear tire and finally caught him.

Now the groundhog hunt was free of charge, but the car owner found a bunch of internal wiring that Mike chewed through.

REICHARD: How much wire could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wire?

EICHER: Well about $500 worth!

It’s The World and Everything in It.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Tuesday, September 26th. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: mixed blessings.

A word of caution: this story deals with some heavy themes, so if you’re a parent listening with young ones within earshot, you might want to hit pause and come back later.

Our next story has to do with effects of the surprise box-office hit, Sound of Freedom. The movie tells the story of one man’s efforts to rescue children in Central America.

REICHARD: While the film has heightened awareness of child sex trafficking, some say the film can foster misperceptions, both of the sex trade and how people are redeemed from it.

WORLD Correspondent Bonnie Pritchett brings the story.

SOUND: [Cars and voices]

BONNIE PRITCHETT, REPORTER: Elijah Rising is an anti-trafficking ministry in Houston. The office is nestled in an upscale historic neighborhood where the homes boast long, wide front porches.

And on one small, white clapboard house hangs an “open” for business sign.

That was until police raided the house. It was a brothel.

GAMBOA: And it's right here in a neighborhood across from a school across, from a church, right next to the homes.

David Gamboa is the communications director for Elijah Rising. He believes people need to know how and where the sex trade operates. And he says Sound of Freedom has helped do that.

GAMBOA: I thought it was a very well done movie. I left with the impression of like, I'm hoping that this movie wakes people up to trafficking and the reality that it is becoming a kind of a bigger problem. Whether you're in the U.S., or you're when you're in another country.

Gamboa isn’t alone. Stacey Efaw is the Executive Director of Selah Freedom in Sarasota, Florida. She says the film has been a boost for the ministry.

EFAW: Because it just brought it back to general awareness. So, people understand this is happening.

Selah Freedom offers residential recovery and preventative education programs. The ministry has seen an uptick of support since the film was released.

EFAW: Donations, interviews, people wanting to just sit down and learn more how they get involved. We've had more people reaching out to do sponsorships, because they want to do something to help.

But the newfound attention is a mixed blessing.

EFAW: You know, we've had a few people call and say, I just want to get the traffickers. And, you know, like we let the police do that when we're not about going in and storming in on people.

In San Diego, Alabaster Jar Project provides residential recovery and long-term resources for women leaving sex trafficking. Susan Johnson is the director.

JOHNSON: I have not seen the movie.

And she doesn’t plan to.

She knows the plot and finds it frustrating: Heroes charge into harm’s way. They rescue trafficked children or adults from their captors. They reunite freed slaves with their families. Roll credits.

Moviegoers sometimes conflate the film’s portrayal of sex trafficking with the work at Alabaster Jar Project.

JOHNSON: But even recently we did a fundraising event. And when I opened up for questions, you know, it's those questions of ‘Have you seen the Sound of Freedom?’ And, and you know, Or what, ‘What is your take on the Sound of Freedom?’ And my and I said, well, it doesn't portray an accurate picture of what trafficking is in San Diego.

Although San Diego shares a border with Mexico, Johnson says international human smuggling into the U.S. for the sex trade is not the primary problem she sees.

JOHNSON: They’re youth from our own neighborhoods. They're, they're groomed into selling themselves for sex. But we've worked with individuals that are as young as nine or six, sold for a parents’ drug habit. We had somebody recently that was groomed through PlayStation chat.

Johnson and others acknowledge the horrific reality of child sex trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. The film does portray that.

Many of the women Johnson’s ministry serves were forced into the sex slave trade as children.

By the time the organizations engage with these women, they’re adults—hardened by years of abuse and exploitation. It’s a life they can’t just walk away from or be rescued from.

VOICE: Hear that?

In a pivotal scene from the movie, child sex traffickers are arrested and hauled off. Two men who organized the sting operation watch as dozens of children, now free from their captors, play a rhythmic clapping game.

VOICE: That’s the sound of freedom.

But are they truly free?

Critics say the movie ends at a crucial point in the victims’ story. If Johnson were to rewrite the end, she’d start with the arrest of the woman’s trafficker. She puts herself in the victim’s shoes.

JOHNSON: Now I'm homeless. And I don't have the adequate skills to to survive on my own. So now I'm vulnerable to being either re-exploiting myself in order to survive. And I also am trying to figure out how to make ends meet. And I'm living on the street. I’m rescued and he’s put in jail, but now I got nothing.

Years of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse numbed by drug addiction create “trauma bonds” – invisible cords binding a woman to her abuser. Unwinding those cords takes years.

Here’s David Gamboa once again.

GAMBOA: And there's a million other steps that need to be taken to help get this person back to living a normal life, which some of them don't even know what normal is.

Residential recovery programs like Alabaster Jar Project, Selah Freedom, and Elijah Rising provide trauma-informed care that help trafficking survivors write their own stories.

Gamboa believes those are the stories people need to hear—not just the ones in the jungles of Colombia, but the stories from suburban neighborhoods in American cities.

GAMBOA: And I think it's very easy to say, "Well, I can't do anything or those women they chose to be there." But at the same time, you've never asked them what their story or how they ended up there. And so it removes the responsibility from us by saying this happened somewhere else, but not here in my city.

SOUND: [Neighborhood activity]

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Bonnie Pritchett in Houston, Texas.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Tuesday, September 26th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Up next: progressive pro-lifers. You’ve heard “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Today, some Christians are asking whether that applies to fellow pro-life activists who don’t share Christian convictions.

WORLD Opinions Commentator Bethel McGrew says a recent court case puts a fine point on that old adage.

BETHEL MCGREW, COMMENTATOR: Three pro-life activists have been found guilty in a court of law. They face potential penalties of 11 years each in jail and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Last month, five of their friends were convicted of the same crime. What exactly was that crime? Trying to save babies.

In a shameless miscarriage of justice, the Biden Justice Department prosecuted the activists for their 2020 protest at a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic, while throwing out evidence of real criminal activity at that same clinic. Even though abortionist Dr. Cesare Santangelo admitted he let live-born infants die on his table, he continues to walk freely, while those who tried to save his victims are in custody until their next appeal.

Some of the activists are part of the group known as PAAU—Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising. They are a motley crew who defy easy labels in the culture wars. In addition to abortion, they protest capital punishment, animal cruelty, torture, and war. Some even identify as gay, trans, or queer. Some are atheists. According to a close friend of one defendant who witnessed last month’s hearings, this information wasn’t even admitted as evidence.

As PAAU members have consistently staged protests and made headlines over the years, many pro-life voices have rallied around them. But some conservatives look at their political track record and urge caution, or even a withholding of support. In a 2021 article for LifeSite News, writer Matt Lamb bluntly argues that they shouldn’t be welcome as long as they affirm an LGBT agenda. Christian conservatives oppose both abortion and LGBT activism for a reason, as part of a consistent worldview.

Lamb isn’t wrong to point out the profound worldview incompatibilities inherent in PAAU’s unusual activism patterns. However, there’s a rather presumptuous air in this language of welcoming or not welcoming people into the pro-life movement. After all, who decides exactly who is “allowed” to protest abortion centers? Is there a committee? The awkward fact remains that eight pro-life progressives are currently facing prison for trying to save babies. They may not all be Christians, but they don’t have to be in order to perceive the evil of abortion by the light of their own consciences.

The parable of the Good Samaritan may not be an exact analogue here, and it has certainly been misapplied to death in much progressive preaching. Nevertheless, these activists could all legitimately claim the title of “Good Samaritan” for their selfless acts of service on behalf of society’s most vulnerable. To the extent that they would like pro-life conservatives to compromise on other foundational truths about bodies, minds, and souls, we should oppose their agenda. But there’s no moral law decreeing that we should withhold our pro-life solidarity in an hour of dire need.

And so, in defense of life, we stand with them.

I’m Bethel McGrew.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Tomorrow: Republicans are racing to visit all 99 counties in Iowa before next year’s presidential caucuses. What do voters think so far? We’ll have a report from Iowa.

And, a father-son duo are seeking to be an influence for good in a small town beset with rising crime. That and more tomorrow.

I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

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