Though both parties have agreed for decades that the U.S. immigration system is in dire need of reform, the optics of border-crossing migrants have become a red-meat campaign tactic for Republicans, precluding the possibility of compromise legislation. Recent moves by the governors of Florida and Texas have put the issue back in the spotlight.
This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, immigration correspondent Joel Rose, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.
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