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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Biden’s Executive Order on Immigration and the Politically “Toxic” Puzzle of the Border

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

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🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The New Yorker writers Stephania Taladrid and Jonathan Blitzer join Tyler Foggatt to unpack President Biden’s stringent new executive order on asylum and the border. They discuss the strained diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico and the political calculations underpinning Biden’s decision, and imagine what negotiations between Donald Trump and Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum would look like. 
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Mexico's talk of rude causes might seem politically inexpedient, but the truth is that

0:36.3

both countries are dependent on each other,

0:39.2

and so much so that they cannot afford not to listen to one another and closely consider the

0:43.9

other side's demands.

0:46.7

Stephanie Ataladred, a contributing writer at The New Yorker, spent the past several months

0:51.7

talking with senior officials in Mexico and the United States

0:54.9

about the chaos at the border and the precarious relationship between the two countries.

1:00.5

Then, last week, President Biden issued an executive order closing the border to asylum seekers.

1:06.8

Frankly, I would have preferred to address this issue through a bipartisan legislation

1:11.1

because that's the only way to actually get the kind of system we have now that's broken,

1:17.2

fixed, to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, more judges.

1:22.1

But Republicans have left me no choice.

1:24.8

Today I'm announcing actions to bar migrants who cross our southern border unlawfully

1:30.2

from receiving asylum. Staff writer Jonathan Blitzer, who wrote about the executive order for

1:36.9

New Yorker.com, is here today with staff and me to discuss the president's muddled immigration policy.

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