Migration has been used politically in a certain way by the right. Within each party, there are different forces that have kept policy reform from taking place. This is all to say that these two parties are not compact groups. They're not groups that have a homogeneous defined position vis-a-vis migration.
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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