Name: Joe Rogan Experience #2049 - Coleman Hughes
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Joe Rogan Experience #2049 - Coleman Hughes

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What's up? Good to see you, man. What's crackin'?
I'm good, I can't complain.
We were just talking about, you live in New York City,
and whether or not the migrant crisis is a real thing.
It's a real thing. It's a real thing, you notice it in Port Authority,
and I think when Eric Adams gets in front of the country and says,
I can't handle this, I think he's telling the truth.
And some people have accused him of racism, bizarrely,
but I don't think it comes from that.
I looked into this, and the part people don't know about this story
is really the full unfolding of it goes back to the 1930s.
New York State made a constitutional amendment to the state constitution,
which required the state to provide housing for the homeless, essentially.
And it was sort of vaguely worded.
So in the 80s and 90s, the courts in New York
began interpreting that more and more strictly.
Almost no other state, I'm not sure if any other state
actually has something in its state constitution
requiring that kind of a thing.
So basically what happened is
the judges ended up
interpreting this more strictly.
Obviously, the original purpose of this
is for New Yorkers that are homeless
to be housed.
But they ended up interpreting it so strictly
that when the Republican governors
in Texas and Florida
began sending a few thousand migrants
up to New York City
as kind of an FU to the liberal cities
that have declared themselves sanctuary cities
without actually having to
deal with the kind of border crisis
that Texas does.
A few, the first few thousand
found that legally
New York had to house them.
And then word got down to Mexico
that if you make it to New York City
you will not be turned away.
Legally, you don't even have to be a citizen
for the state amendment to apply to you.
So what began as a few
let's say the first 10 or 15,000
were sent by the Republican governors
as a kind of political tactic
has now become
tens and tens and tens and tens of thousand
coming of their own volition
to New York City
and it's the only state in the country
where Mayor Adams has no legal recourse
to send people elsewhere.
He actually cannot do it.
He's tried to do executive orders
but he legally can't
because it's in the state constitution.
It's above his power.
And now it's its own
it's taken on a life of its own
way over and above
what the Republican governors started.
This is why he's going to the national media
and literally saying
I can't do anything about this.
I'm trying to do something about this
but I can't
and we're putting people up in Airbnbs
for $100 a night
and the city will be bankrupt
in X number of years
if we don't find a solution to this.
Oh my God.
I was looking at a video
of the Roosevelt Hotel
which is no longer a hotel.
They've essentially said
this is now a center
for housing migrants.
Right.
and they've said
the restaurant is no longer a restaurant
and sorry
that's just how it is now.
Yeah.
I mean
what do you do
if you own the Roosevelt Hotel
and you just wanted it to be a hotel
and now
the state just says nope?
Yeah.
I mean look
I don't blame any of these people.
If I was born in Mexico
100%.
We'd all be doing the same thing.
It's just
it's a smart thing to do
from their perspective
but that doesn't mean
from our perspective
that we should just
put out the bat signal
to the whole world
and say
you can come to New York City
and
we have no legal recourse
to move you anywhere else.
It's just
it's not just New York City
it's other parts of the world.
It's strange that
recently
it's become this crisis
where migrants are coming
en masse
to these places
and just flooding them.
Like
is this orchestrated?
Is this just a fact
that they found out
that they can do it
and it's better
than where they are
and if they go there
these places
that are
you know
essentially
you know
they're charitably minded
and they
you know
they would like to
house people
that are down on their luck
but now people are
sort of
taking advantage
of that loophole
and just swarming.
I think that's what it is.
I think the whole
western world
has become
much more
open to immigration
recently.
Obviously America
was open to immigration
in the 19th century
but we were the outlier.
All the other countries
of the world
the default
was closed borders
essentially.
So I think
the whole world
has out of empathy
for the poor
and struggling
has wanted to have
more permissive
immigration
but that sends
an incentive
to people of the world
that they can now come
they can
you know
abuse
asylum laws
and again
I don't even
blame people
for doing this
because it's exactly
what I would do
if I were born
in Guatemala
or Syria
I would say
hey I'm a refugee
this is my story
and I would probably
lie about it
in order to get
a better life
in the one life
that I had
but
this is just
a true side effect
of those
compassionate laws
is that
people abuse them
you get
you know
immigration pools
that are
vastly proportionally
male
which is how
you know
that they're
not refugees
because
where are
the women
right
and
it's just
it's a side effect
of the intended
compassionate
immigration policy
this is how
this works
Thomas Sowell's
great quote
there are no solutions
there are only trade-offs
this policy
has a trade-off
it's more compassionate
but it also leads to
in the case of New York
what could be a
serious fiscal crisis
I was
someone told me this
I was looking to
check into this
but I figured I'd wait
until the podcast
someone was telling me
that
the Biden administration
is talking about
sending people back
to Venezuela
oh I hadn't heard
about this
to deporting Venezuelans
see if you can find
anything about this
why Venezuela specifically
because Venezuela
is dealing with
a communist socialist
government
and they wouldn't
vote for that
in America
now one of the things
that's weird
about this crisis
is it comes
at the same time
as people trying
to say that
you should have
no voter ID
and they've openly
spoken about it
in New York
that people who are
illegal immigrants
should be allowed
to vote
which is really
look I cannot
talk shit
they've been pushing
for that for years
I cannot talk shit
because I am the
product of immigration
my parents
yeah as am I
my grandparents
came over here
in the 1920s
and that is just
you know
okay
that's why I'm here
where they come from
they came from Italy
and Ireland
and that's just
why I'm here
you know
so they came over
when they knew
that they could have
a better life
in America
and these people
are doing the same
thing and I understand
it but
it's just wild
that there's no
requirements
it's like
there's no
background checks
there's no checks
to see if you're
on a terrorist
watch list
you're just like
letting people through
Biden administration
will begin
deporting
Venezuelan migrants
directly to Venezuela
I mean that is
just so
so the idea is
Venezuelans are going to
vote right wing
like Cubans
yes like Cubans
because they hate socialism
exactly because it's
ruined their country
I'm curious
what is his stated
rationale though
this is
okay
Homeland Security Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas
confirmed that the
administration has
successfully negotiated
a deal with Venezuela
to execute the policy
but did not say
whether Venezuela
was getting anything
from the US
in return
we are a nation
of immigrants
and we are a nation
of laws
Mayorkas said
at the same
Thursday press conference
officials said
that some migrants
have already been
identified for deportation
starting today
the United States
will begin
direct rep
repatriations
of Venezuelan
nationals
back to their
home country
and in fact
we have already
identified individuals
in our custody
today
who will be removed
promptly in the
coming days
a senior official said
Venezuelans make up
a large share
of border crossings
and for years
the US has generally
been unable
to deport them
because of frosty
diplomatic relations
with Venezuela
Mexico has agreed
to take some
but it remains
difficult issue
for the administration
and for cities
receiving migrants
that is so transparent
the fact that
they're saying
Venezuelans
and that they're
communicating
with the Venezuelan
government
to deport these people
that's so gross
it's so gross
yeah
it's very strange
very weirdly selective
it's just transparent
it's very obvious
as to why
they've been
so loose
about this
border crisis
thing in the first place
and I assume
you saw that
Biden suspended
25 federal laws
to start rebuilding
the border wall
did you see that
so they're rebuilding
the border wall
now
yes
he's essentially
doing the same thing
that Trump did
they all do it
Obama talked about it
in like 2013
it's like
they've all talked
about it
speaking of the
voter ID thing
though
this is one thing
that really made me
crazy during COVID
for years
people on the left
have been saying
that voter ID laws
are racist
I don't know
if you've paid
attention to this
at all
but the argument
is that black people
and especially
poor black people
struggle to get IDs
it's never made
much sense
because you need
an ID to buy
a six pack
you need an ID
to open a bank account
you need an ID
just that all these
you know
normal things
that people
of all classes
and races
have to do
and then
when
in New York City
during COVID
they implemented
the policy
that to get
into any restaurant
any gym
anywhere in the city
you needed
vax card
plus ID
so
me
paying attention
to the discourse
for the past
few years
I thought to myself
where is everyone
on the left
that said black people
don't have IDs
shouldn't they be
calling this policy
racist
and saying that
we are excluding
all of the restaurants
and gyms
and so forth
to black people
because you need
vax card
plus ID
and black people
can't get IDs
I'm doing the math here
I didn't hear a single
peep from anyone
of the usual suspects
and I said
this is how you know
it's a fake belief
they never really believed
that black people
can't get IDs
no it's
it's
it's not just
a fake belief
it's
if you want to say
something's racist
you could make
a much better argument
that vaccine mandates
are racist
because the majority
at least in the beginning
of the COVID
vaccine rollout
the majority of the people
that were refusing it
were African Americans
and Latinos
they were like
we don't buy this
especially
especially when you deal
with the Tuskegee crisis
when you hear about
the times in the past
where medical interventions
have specifically targeted
or there's been
like evil shit
that they've done
specifically
to black Americans
and they're suspicious
yeah
right and so
yeah yeah yeah
I mean
definitely
so I was always curious
was it
I think
in the black community
in general
people are just more
suspicious of the government
in general
yes
in every possible way
from dealing with the police
to dealing with
just
court systems
in any domain
and
they did make the argument
that COVID itself
was systemically racist
because it was
at least in the beginning
it was disproportionately
killing black people
I thought this was
again
this is a very simplistic
way of thinking
yeah
I don't equate
disparities with racism
but I noticed
the Washington Post
ran a story
a few years later
that maybe
by 2022
COVID was
disproportionately
killing white people
right
because the situations
change and
it's just very complicated
right
very few things fall
equally along
every population
in life
and
I asked the question
okay
did systemic racism
change its direction
is
COVID now
anti-white
well no
the truth is that
you know
every disease
has a different
racial profile
in terms of
who it affects
Hispanics
for whatever reason
no one understands it
Hispanics have the lowest
maternal mortality rates
lower than
white people
nobody gets it
it could be any number
of things
there are many
cancers that
preferentially
some kill
black people more often
some kill white people
more often
if you look at the CDC
charts you'll just find
every disease has its own
profile
and rather than sa