Checks and Balance: No vacancy - a podcast by The Economist

“Don’t come over” is Joe Biden’s message to migrants. Rumours that it’s easier to enter the United States since he became president are fuellinga humanitarian crisis at the southern border. The president needs afirmer grip on the issue, but his favoured centre ground is barren. How should he respond?

The Economist’s Alexandra Suich Bass reports from South Texas, we look back on Ronald Reagan’s big immigration reform, and speak to Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum.

John Prideaux, our US editor, hosts with New York bureau chief Charlotte Howard, and Jon Fasman, US digital editor.

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