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Sep 2021
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Timcast IRL #379 - Over 30k Illegal Immi...

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Tim, Ian, and Lydia host Ed Calderon, non-permissive environment specialist and former Mexican enforcement officer, to discuss the recent news of 30,000 migrants being released into the US, the strange case of the cartel and the avocado market, the lack of guards on the US border, the idea of a 'North American union', Mexico's greatest resource, and what has worsened the condition in Mexico.

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