The job nobody wants

Dara and Matt on Biden’s choice to run Homeland Security and the many challenges he’ll face.

Resources: "Biden picks Alejandro Mayorkas, a son of Jewish Cuban refugees, to lead the Department of Homeland Security" by Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post

"How an Obama appointee helped influential Democrats get visas for rich immigrants" by Dara Lind, Vox

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Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica

Credits: Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production

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