Many Americans say immigration is out of control, but 24 hours on the Texas-Mexico border showed a new reality. Will it last?

In a collaboration with the Associated Press and FRONTLINE, the PBS series, this report observes that the U.S./Mexico border, is calm.  The Associated Press and The Texas Tribune spent 24 hours in five cities on Texas’ border with Mexico to compare rhetoric with reality.  The summary:

“It’s a return to relative calm after an unprecedented surge of immigrants through the southern border in recent years. But no one would know that listening to Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump talking about border enforcement at dueling presidential campaign events. And no one would know from the rate at which Texas is spending on a border crackdown called Operation Lone Star — $11 billion since 2021.”

KJ