Some critics of the Republican Party would say, no, this isn't about economics. This is mostly about cultural stuff, and they're just xenophobic,. How do you respond to that? Do you think that it is actually more about economics, but it's just easier to wage a cultural war? I think people need to be told what the trade-offs are from an economic point of view," he says.
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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