Has immigration changed much under Biden?

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🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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How much has really changed in U.S. immigration policy since President Biden came into office? After seeing graphic images of Haitian migrants being chased by law enforcement on horseback and a recent rejection of an immigration reform bill in Congress, The Atlantic staff writer Caitlin Dickerson breaks down the long history uniting Democratic and Republican administrations when it comes to enforcing immigration policy. She also plays Who Said That? with her friend and senior producer of NPR's Life Kit, Meghan Keane.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:03.2	This week on the show, why American Immigration Policy
0:08.1	never seems to change.
0:10.7	All right, let's start the show.
0:13.0	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been A Minute
0:14.7	from NPR.
0:15.6	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:17.3	So it's been almost two weeks since I first saw these
0:20.8	really graphic images that I cannot get out of my head.
0:23.9	You probably saw them too.
0:25.6	Black Haitians being chased by light-skinned law
0:28.6	enforcement officers on horseback at the Texas border.
0:33.1	To see people treated like they did,
0:35.4	horses running over people being strapped, it's outrageous.
0:39.8	I promise you, those people will pay.
0:42.4	They will be an invention.
0:43.6	Those images made me think of slave patrols.
0:46.9	Since those images shocked the country,
0:48.6	the Biden administration has launched an investigation.
0:51.4	It's also temporarily suspended the long-time practice
0:54.2	of horseback patrols.
0:56.0	And this week, the administration also tried to undo
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