How Immigration Shapes American Politics
FiveThirtyEight Politics
ABC News
4.6 • 20.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:30.9 | Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast. |
| 0:33.9 | I'm Gaelin Drug. |
| 0:35.2 | Today we're going to touch the third rail of American politics, or at least a third rail of American politics. |
| 0:42.1 | On Thursday, Title 42 is going away. |
| 0:45.2 | A pandemic error rule, allowing the US government to turn away most asylum seekers at the border |
| 0:51.0 | as a public health measure. |
| 0:52.7 | This comes at a time when apprehensions at the border are at record highs. |
| 0:57.0 | US customs and border protection reported 2.3 million apprehensions in 2022, more than double the number in 2019. |
| 1:05.6 | Officials believe crossings could grow by up to 60% in the coming months. |
| 1:10.2 | Americans already give President Biden some of his lowest ratings on his handling of immigration, |
| 1:16.9 | with just a third approving according to a recent Gallup poll. |
| 1:20.9 | Also per Gallup, Americans say immigration is the third biggest problem facing the country |
| 1:26.5 | behind the economy and poor leadership. |
| 1:29.2 | And the number who say that the level of immigration in the US should be decreased |
| 1:33.6 | has doubled to 40% since Biden took office, just 8% say that it should be increased. |
| 1:40.4 | This all amounts to a pretty skeptical public when it comes to how the US is dealing with one of its |
| 1:46.0 | most intractable political issues. |
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