Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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Hoping to Vote Immigrants Face Backlog in Citizenship Process
Nearly one million legal immigrants have applied to become American citizens this year, creating a backlog in the immigration application process. Julia Preston, National Immigration Correspondent for The New York Times, discusses her story about the backlog and how immigrants may not gain citizenship in time to vote in the presidential election.