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David Bier discusses the migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border

analysis let's turn to david veer he is,an immigration policy analyst at the,Center for global liberty and prosperity,at the Cato Institute,that's a libertarian think-tank give me,your sense of what's going on just seems,like this story sort of goes away and,they come right back up,well these caravans have been going on,for now a couple of years and they're,growing in size they're becoming more,popular but the reality is that the,caravans are actually a small share of,the total number of people coming to the,us-mexico border from Central America,most of the people who are coming are,coming in a very decentralized manner,they're they're catching rides on buses,they're catching rides on trains it's,not this organized group of thousands of,people and really what the Mexican,government's policy has been it has,really remained quite consistent,actually we're gonna break up these,caravans we're gonna break them up into,smaller units we're gonna make sure that,it's not this big display that we saw in,early 2018 for example where it showed,up at the border and it became a really,hot political topic in the United States,they want to reduce the pressure reduce,the amount of attention and that's what,they've done but really we're talking,about a small part of the total picture,when it comes to migration through,Mexico you talked about it being a hot,political topic obviously this is a,lightning rod for the US president he,tried to use it in the midterm elections,presidential election just around the,corner I'm sure he's seeing this as an,opportunity to use it again we've got,these competing interests here in,Washington give me your sense of how,this all plays out in the days months,ahead well certainly the Democrats don't,want to deal with the immigration issue,they want to campaign on other issues,like health care or education,infrastructure these are the issues that,the Democrats won on in 2018 they you,they want to focus on political winners,like the DREAM Act when it comes to,immigration dealing with the people who,grew up here from a young age they don't,want to focus on the the number of,people crossing the border so there is,some incentive on the Democratic side do,something about this issue the president,has actually come out and said he wants,more legal immigration,in his State of the Union he said he,wants the most number of legal,immigrants ever so maybe you could have,a compromise where you have some visas,set aside for Central Americans so they,can come legally but a little bit,stiffer policies along the border to,fast-track the removal of people who,don't take up that offer of a work visa,to come legally you said maybe there can,be a bit of a compromise but used to,work on Capitol Hill you drafted this,sort of legislation you know what the,political climate is light now give me a,sense of what it was like when you were,working up on the hill I think 2013 to,2015 and now how hard is it to bring,both sides together and come up with,some kind of compromise look in early,2013 it was a lot easier before the,saliency of the issue had had really,been blown up into the spectacle that it,is today I think each year each month,even that's gone on it's become more,polarized there's less willingness to,compromise and really there's less trust,between the political parties everyone,thinks the other side is gonna undermine,them at the last second for political,gain and that's the kind of environment,that doesn't produce bipartisan outcomes,but you know hopefully we'll see some,change on that but obviously we haven't,had big immigration reform in the United,States since the 1980s early 1990s so I,can't say I'm optimistic but it's,certainly a challenge is there one thing,you think that both sides can come,together on and agree on well I think,there are a much larger complex issue I,mean obviously a lot of moving pieces I,think there is agreement that people,should come to the United States legally,and that crossing the border illegally,is a a big problem that we need to do,something about those incentives the,question is what right now the,administration is all about enforcement,we're only gonna do enforcement and make,it tougher on people who cross illegally,the Democrats really haven't put forward,an alternative plan,and and that's really the issue is can,we get to a point in the United States,where we can agree on more legal,immigration as an alternative for people,who are trying to come to the United,States maybe a little bit more,enforcement but more legal immigration,and that seems to be the area of,commonality that we could get agreement,on if we had people interested in,getting an agreement David that's the,skin there may be something we may not,see but thanks so much for your analysis,really appreciate it thank you

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