The Politics of Migrants

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Governors in Texas and Florida sent migrants to Martha's Vineyard or New York City on buses and planes. What did that accomplish, if anything? Did it prove something to Massachusetts or to New York State or to Washington, DC about what it's like at the border? Or did it just spread the crisis out? And it is that in and of itself an accomplishment for these governors. But should anyone be making a point using actual suffering humans? You know, I'm not going to answer that...that's up to people's politics."

Title 42, a Covid-era policy that included strict limits on migration into the US from Mexico, has expired. El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran explains what that means for both the border communities and the far-flung cities feeling the brunt of border politics.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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