The dramatic surge in unauthorized immigration in Biden’s first few years was spurred by major factors outside of the president’s control, such as the ebbing of the Covid-19 pandemic and upheaval in several Latin American countries. At first, his administration’s policy was aimed at “managing the flow” of migrants under the implicit assumption that policy could do little to actually reduce the overall demand to enter the US. “Though his Administration has avoided its predecessor’s belligerent rhetoric, its goal appears essentially the same: to push the border farther south and to hold Mexico responsible for managing the flow of migrants,” the New Yorker’s Stephania Taladrid writes.
Author: Andrew Prokop
Published at: 2024-06-26 22:23:05
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