The systems that we have at the Southwest Border have been inadequate for these numbers. What we've done in funding terms as a post 9-11 phenomenon really is funded heavily. We do not have asylum officers at the numbers that we need to screen people that are applying for asylum and decide the cases. So this is a cross-government system and it's unevenly resourced.
The emergency restrictions on immigration that the Trump administration invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic expire tonight. The White House is now preparing for a surge of migrants crossing the Southern border seeking asylum. Bloomberg reporters Akayla Gardner and Justin Sink join this episode to talk about what the Biden administration is doing to avert turmoil. And immigration policy expert Doris Meissner makes the case for an overhaul of America’s immigration system.
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