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US immigration reform: Biden's alternative to fortress Europe?

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March 12, 2021

Joe Biden wants to make it easier for immigrants to become American citizens. Meanwhile, the EU is doing all it can to keep immigrants out. Guests: Ana Maria Álvarez (migration expert), Alan Posener (Die Welt), Joseph Hutchinson (US activist)

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Ana Maria Álvarez, a migration expert from Costa Rica. She says: "What Joe Biden can learn from Europe is that inclusion needs to be a key element of the narrative."
 

 

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Alan Posener, a columnist from the Berlin daily 'Die Welt'. He thinks: "If you want right-wing populists to rule Europe, all you have to do is open the borders."
 

 

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Joseph Hutchinson, US journalist, lawyer and activist, who says: "Biden’s ambitious plans are doomed to fail in the anti-democratic US Senate." 
 

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