Jay Furman: “If you look at the policy changes in January 2021, when the…”

“… able to detain people and so that we can lock down the border and stop the flow. But what first has to happen is we have to change the policy. If you look at the policy changes in January 2021, when the new administration came into power, coming across the border at much higher rates. and it's only increased since then, we've had the highest days Ever very recently. And so unfortunately, what you're talking about, the empathy for people coming here, we are an immigrant nation and that is who we are in origin.” (04:21–04:29)

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