The byden administration is allowing some asylum seekers who've been waiting at a camp in mexico to cross into the us. A federal judge in texas recently issued an injunction preventing the administration from doing so. Governor Abbot has been fearmongering about migration at the border for months now, in different contexts. And he's trying to use this latest example as a means of hitting the bind administration on a weak border policy.
Vox’s Nicole Narea explains the latest border crisis, and Ayibopost’s Widlore Mérancourt documents deported Haitians’ return to Port-au-Prince.
Today’s show was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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