Immigration was a deciding factor in the 2016 election, says Peter Bergen. He thinks it will be a deciding factor this time around as well. Many of the people who come to the border are actually in high demand in the US liberal market,. And we need to increase the legal pathways that these migrants can take," he adds.
Title 42 is expiring on Thursday night, a pandemic-era rule allowing the U.S. government to turn away asylum seekers at the border as a public health measure. This comes at a time when apprehensions at the border are already at record highs and Americans give President Biden some of his lowest ratings on his handling of immigration.
In this installment of the podcast, Galen speaks with Georgetown economics professor Anna Maria Mayda about what Americans think of immigration and why, its impacts on the U.S. and its politics, and how that compares with other countries.
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