The Biden administration made a stunning reversal in immigration policy last week, announcing it would move forward with building the border wall in various parts of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. In doing so, the administration is waiving 26 federal environmental and cultural preservation laws to make it happen fast.
The move has come with swift reaction from environmental and immigration advocates angry that Biden is going against one of his central campaign promises: Not to build another foot of wall on the border.
For more on the state of immigration and the political fallout form the administration’s move, The Show spoke to Arizona Republic columnist Phil Boas.
