Anna Maria-Mida: About 14% of the year's population is immigrants. She says there might be a tipping point beyond which the local population feels that it's too much. But migration can be managed in such a way that people think of it as a good thing, she says. Galen Drew and Tony Chow are on hand to talk about immigration with you.
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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