Some countries won't take these folks back. The US has tried to get other countries to take them back. They've had some success with Mexico, with Canada and Spain. Some are just kind of camped out on the US-Mexican border in these massive towns. And this is especially a problem from countries like Cuba.
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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