CD302: The Border Bills

This election has featured a lot of talk about ‘immigration’ and ‘the border’ but has been short on specifics. In this episode, you’ll get those specifics. Specifically, you’ll learn what was in H.R. 2, a Republican bill passed by the House, and you’ll learn what was in the so-called bipartisan border bill which was killed by Donald Trump’s loyalists in the Senate and which Kamala Harris has promised to revive as President. Which bill would actually solve the problems?

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Background Sources

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CD177: Immigrant Family Separations

Current Immigration Process

Visas

“Immigrant Investor Visas.” Accessed October 22, 2024. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs.

“The Latest USCIS Processing Times – 2024.” Accessed October 22, 2024. Boundless.

“The Diversity Visa Lottery, Explained.” Accessed October 22, 2024. Boundless.

“Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (Green Card Lottery).” October 22, 2024. USAGov.

“Visa Bulletin For October 2024.” September 3, 2024. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs.

Asylum

“Refugee admissions are increasing after a 40-year low in 2021.” August 1, 2024. USAFacts.

“Biden imposes sweeping asylum ban at US-Mexico border.” Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg. June 5, 2024. Reuters.

“U.S. Annual Refugee Resettlement Ceilings and Number of Refugees Admitted, 1980-Present.” Accessed October 22, 2024. Migration Policy Institute.

Unauthorized Immigration

“Migrant encounters at U.S.-Mexico border have fallen sharply in 2024.” John Gramlich. October 1, 2024. Pew Research Center.

“What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.