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Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

What’s Happening Along the New Mexico–Mexico Border?

The border crisis was in plain view in September when Americans were stunned by images of thousands of migrant families huddled under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. Less dramatic, but no less important, is a 180-mile stretch of border to the west, where New Mexico borders on Mexico, where illegal migrants are more likely to be single males trying to avoid detection. New Mexico Congresswoman Yvette Herrell, whose district includes her state's entire international border, joins Parsing Immigration Policy to describe the situation there and the impact the non-stop flow of migrants is having on New Mexico and the rest of the country. Rep. Herrell discusses the state of the border wall and the need for more Border Patrol boots on the ground. President Biden stopped all construction of border barriers on the day he took office, which left gaps that have been acting as funnels concentrating the flow of illegal immigrants into specific areas, causing particular hardship on unlucky ranchers and communities.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies