Beyond the Headlines: Unraveling America's Border Crisis - Truths, Myths, and Solutions

This week, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss early history of border politics, how immigration is linked with the economy, why America's immigration system is broken, the U.S. Senate killing a potential solution to immigration in 2018, and how Texas' border issues have become nationally potent political issues.NATIONAL POLITICSThe potent political issue of the border.Immigration and its links to the economy.Why is the immigration system broken?Senate kills the 2018 Immigration plan.Will border issues shift the Latino vote in the future?TEXAS POLITICSThe Texas border issue is a national issue.Border State Governors Met in Texas to discuss reforms.In addition to the YouTube version, you can also enjoy Party Politics on television every Friday night at 8:00pm on Houston Public Media TV-8 (PBS), or listen to the radio broadcast every Friday at 7:30pm on News 88.7. As always, you can subscribe to the audio podcast on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you get your podcasts). Join the conversation: Tweet us using #PartyPoliticsPod or email [email protected].