Doris Meisner was in charge of U.S. immigration during the Clinton administration and she studied this issues for decades. She says it's useful to take a step back to before the pandemic and how people were coming to the United States. For lots of folks they're escaping gangs, violence, persecution because of things like sexual orientation or gender. But what other folks know is that if you come across the border and claim asylum status, you have to go before a judge.
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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