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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, May 2nd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Biden administration will reportedly send 1,500 active-duty U.S. troops to the U.S. southern border in an effort to process the expected surge of illegal aliens once the COVID-era public health measure called Title 42 expires. Title 42 allowed the federal government to remove illegal aliens in an expedited fashion due to the COVID emergency. The White House stressed these troops will not be engaged in law enforcement.
--:-- John Bickley: I want to be clear, the active military, as I just explained to one of your colleagues here, is it been done for more than almost two decades now. It is a personnel that performing administrative tasks and like data entry and warehouse support. With the provision set to expire May 11th, border authorities are predicting several thousand migrants per day at the border.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine drew headlines this week after publishing a paper advocating for racially segregated medical school classes. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has more.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The authors argue that racially segregated classes were needed because the approach tailors areas of focus to each identity group and could be used, quote, as part of a broader anti-racism and anti-oppression curriculum. The peer-reviewed article also claimed that doing so would effectively create a, quote, safe space for students to share their lived experiences. The paper went on to claim that, quote, medical education has historically centered white learners and continues to perpetuate structural racism.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Republican Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a law Monday banning sex change procedures for minors, joining a growing list of red states that have moved to restrict minors from making permanent, life-altering bodily changes. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The law bans surgeries like elective double mastectomies on girls who identify as boys and prohibits puberty blockers and cross hormones for children. Oklahoma governor said he was thrilled to sign the law and that quote we cannot turn a blind eye to what's happening across our nation. In addition, the governor signed legislation requiring students to use the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex and compete on the sports team of their biological sex as well.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Television and movie writers went on strike for the first time in 15 years today, meaning a variety of shows will see production delays starting with late night. Members of the Writers Guild of America voted earlier this year to authorize a strike if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers did not approve a new contract with increased minimum pay and larger contributions to pension and health plans.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's what one Writers Guild of America member told NBC. We're asking for just a livable wage and for our jobs to be protected and for us to make residuals on the content we're creating.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The impacted shows are expected to air reruns starting tonight.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Novak Djokovic, the world's number one tennis player, will finally be able to compete in the United States after the Biden administration announced Monday that they were ending the requirement for all international travelers to be COVID vaccinated in order to enter the U.S. Here with more is senior editor Joel Needler.
--:-- Joel Needler: The Biden administration announced this week that it will end the COVID vaccine requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers at the end of the day on Thursday, May 11th. Djokovic will now be eligible to compete this September in the U.S. Open, where he has won three titles. He missed the tournament in 2022 because of the vaccine requirement, but said in March that he does not regret forgoing the jab.
--:-- Joel Needler: I have no regrets. I've learned through life that regrets only hold you back.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Justice Department and FBI announced Tuesday that 288 people have been arrested so far in a three-year international investigation targeting dark net trafficking of fentanyl and opioids. Operation Spectre was the largest ever operation of this kind. In addition to the 288 people arrested, agencies more than 850 kilograms of drugs, including 64 kilos of fentanyl or fentanyl-laced narcotics.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
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