One Thing: In 2024, the US Southern Border is Everywhere

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🗓️ 7 January 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Border crossings along the US-Mexico border reached a record high last month, overwhelming resources in border communities and adding urgency to immigration reform negotiations on Capitol Hill. While migrant encounters have dropped in recent days, the issue will remain a lively political issue as presidential primaries get underway and House Republicans begin impeachment proceedings against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. In this episode, we examine the reality on the ground and hear how the impacts of policies in Texas are being felt in communities across the country. Guest: Ed Lavandera, CNN Senior National Correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.8	When we talk about the migration issue at the US-Mexico border, it can feel kind of nebulous,
0:36.2	distant, right? If you don't live in one of the states on the border, it can sometimes feel like
0:41.7	somebody else's problem.
0:43.0	Well over the past year that has really started to change.
0:47.0	What's happening right now is is is bonkers.
0:50.0	It is really what Texas is doing is bonkers.
0:53.5	Publican governors like Texas's Greg Abbott have transported tens of thousands of migrants to so-called blue cities like New York City and now some of those cities are being overwhelmed by
1:05.0	that influx of new migrant arrivals. Nearly 3,000 migrants are sleeping on
1:09.6	floors of police stations and airports. Tension is flaring between Illinois leaders and the White House for more help.
1:17.0	When we have every single hotel room in the city full of migrants that have arrived, that's unsustainable.
1:22.0	Border officials say that is just the taste of what is happening on the ground in places like Texas and Arizona.
1:29.0	So as lawmakers get together in Washington to try to hash out a fix, do the solutions actually need to stretch nationwide?
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