Natalie: Do you know what happened to all the people that you met last week, especially on the beast? Nellie: We really don't know what's going to happen. The forces that are driving people to the United States border are bigger than any one policy can control. Natalie: At any moment, a judge could just throw this entire system into chaos. And the Biden administration will be back to square one.
For weeks, officials have feared that the end of Title 42 would create a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that would strain and possibly cripple America’s immigration system.
Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, reports from the border about what actually happened when the pandemic-era policy expired.
Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
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