The U.S. southern border is making big headlines, but the U.S. government is making little progress in alleviating the humanitarian, legal, and political crisis unfolding there. Red-state governors Abbott, DeSantis and Ducey are putting migrants on planes, on buses, and above all on camera, hoping to blame blue states and shame asylum seekers at the same time. But what do such Republicans really want? Host Tish Durkin looks back at decades of congressional failure to achieve comprehensive immigration reform – due, more and more, to GOP success in demonizing immigration. This problem works wonders for the current, Trumped-up GOP. Why would they want to solve it?
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