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The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Biden, Trump, and the Border Crisis

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Podcast Admin

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6844 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week, both President Biden and former president Trump will head to the US-Mexico border, underscoring just how central immigration policy has become to this year’s election. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez covered immigration during the Trump administration and now covers the Biden White House. She and Audie talk about Biden and Trump at the border this week, and how Texas Governor Greg Abbott has successfully elevated the border issue by bussing over 100,000 undocumented migrants to northern cities as part of his “Operation Lone Star.” Read more from Priscilla and National Political Reporter Eric Bradner: Gov. Greg Abbott’s border tactics force Democrats to confront migrant crisis in their own backyards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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President Biden and former President Trump visit the U.S.-Mexico border this week, and the trips

0:21.6

underscored the conflicting stories being told about immigration and the border.

0:26.2

So both political parties agree the border is broken.

0:29.9

But frame the problem in really different terms.

0:33.5

Democrats talk about the struggle of asylum seekers who face hostile border agents, application backlogs, and overwhelmed immigration courts.

0:42.7

Republicans talk about migrants with a focus on crime, with the need for more screening, fences, and security.

0:49.9

Now, lately, those narratives have converged, and CNN's Priscilla Alvarez is here to talk about how and the why of that, though, spoiler alert, it will involve a border state Republican governor.

1:00.9

Priscilla, welcome to the assignment.

1:02.5

Thanks for having me.

1:03.4

So I feel like this has been such an issue over the last couple of years that, like, is this mainly your beat even though you cover

1:13.6

the White House?

1:14.6

Yes, fun fact, I started at CNN covering immigration.

1:18.3

So I've been in this space for a very long time and seen the evolution.

1:22.5

They're like, you're getting promoted.

1:23.9

Just kidding.

1:24.7

It's the same thing.

1:26.5

The issue will follow me and I embrace it because it is fascinating and nuanced.

1:30.7

And where we are today was not on my bingo card in January of 2021.

1:35.3

Really? Why?

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