The Border Crisis in the United States

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Lauren Wolfe: The level of humanitarian crisis is something that we didn't see 20 years ago. She says the rhetoric in Washington has changed so much over the last 10, 15 years. "Being in a constant state of border crisis is a motivator for their base," she says.

Title 42, a Covid-era policy that included strict limits on migration into the US from Mexico, has expired. El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran explains what that means for both the border communities and the far-flung cities feeling the brunt of border politics.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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