America’s Broken Immigration System: A Debate

Immigrants cross the Rio Grande into El Paso, Texas on January 8, 2023. (John Moore via Getty Images)
A restrictionist and a proponent of open borders walk into a bar. . .
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In 2022, there were over 2.76 million illegal migrant crossings at the Southwest border. That’s roughly the population of Chicago, America’s third largest city. To address this unprecedented surge, President Biden recently announced tougher restrictions and made a show of visiting the border himself.
But unlike a decade or two ago, when the immigration …
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