In our first hour, we tackled the heavy-hitting headlines of Operation PARRIS, which sounds like a rejected Bourne movie title but is actually a very real, very controversial federal push to re-interview refugees who have already been through the geopolitical equivalent of a colonoscopy. Gail Cornelius from World Relief Wisconsin joined us to explain why faith leaders are up in arms over these ICE activities and why "extreme vetting" feels a bit redundant for people who have already been background-checked into oblivion. It was a sobering look at how our neighbors in Minnesota are holding up, minus the cozy Midwestern "ope, just passing through" vibes.

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