Crossing The Line: US Immigration Policy

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Mike talks with educator, researcher, and writer Sarah Towle about her latest book, Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands. Topics Mike and Sarah Discuss Include: - the historical roots of our current immigration issues - the connection between trade policy and immigration - why prevention through deterrence hasn’t worked - if “remain in Mexico” is a viable approach to asylum seekers - immigrants, crime, and American jobs - helping border communities cope with the flow of migrants - what a more efficient, effective, and humane border policy might look like Sarah Towle on X The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Check out Mike’s other podcast - Sustainable Planet, and the Sustainable Planet Substack. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.8	I'm Northern Kentucky University political scientist Michael Baranowski.
1:22.7	My guest today is educator, researcher, and writer Sarah Tal.
1:25.8	Her latest book is Crossing the Line,
1:28.4	Finding America in the Borderlands, which Kirkus Reviews called A Powerful Exposé of the Human
1:34.0	Costs of America's Immigration Policies. Sarah Tall, welcome to the show.
1:39.5	Hey, thank you, Michael. I'm so delighted to be with you today. I wanted to start with how you approach this topic, because at the very beginning of your book,
1:49.8	you write that your goal is to humanize today's immigration debate through the transformative power of storytelling.
1:57.9	And I thought that would be a good point of entry for us because I think it encompasses
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