Galen: Why have we seen such elevated levels of migrants at the border? He says these numbers are driven by what is going on in the origin countries of migrants. The situation at the US-Mexico border reminds me of the situation in Italy, he adds. Galen: To a certain extent, these dynamics are global.
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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