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100 years of immigration policies working to keep out immigrants

100 years of immigration policies working to keep out immigrants

Update: 2024-06-05

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President Biden just issued an executive order that can temporarily shut down the U.S.-Mexico border to asylum seekers once a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded. On this episode, we dig into how the political panic surrounding what many are calling an immigration "crisis" at the border, isn't new. And in fact...it's a problem of our own creation.

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100 years of immigration policies working to keep out immigrants

100 years of immigration policies working to keep out immigrants