The Biden administration, despite initial promises to change immigration policies, has adopted several of the same policies as Trump, such as expanding Title 42. This shift raises the question of whether Trump's policies on immigration were more effective than initially perceived.
Americans hold contradictory views on immigration: They’re more supportive of it than ever before, while also calling it the nation’s most divisive political issue. A pollster, a policy researcher, and a pundit help make sense of our stalled immigration debate.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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