How immigration will define the US election - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

In the fifth of our pre-election series we look at America and... immigration.

Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM

How might Donald Trump or Kamala Harris try to tackle immigration to the US? People crossing the southern border has become a hot button topic in next month’s election. Former president Donald Trump’s forceful policies have helped him motivate a base of loyal supporters. Whereas Vice-President Harris has had just weeks to convince Americans that she has a plan. What do we know about their policies, how they differ and what impact they would have?

Sumi Somaskanda speaks to our Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent, Will Grant. He explains why so many people are leaving the region and how the next president might impact its southern neighbours. And our politics reporter in Washington DC, Bernd Debusmann, helps us separate the facts from the headlines on one of the election's most contentious political issues.

00:00 Introduction
01:43 How important will immigration be to this election?
02:17 How immigration became a hot topic in US politics
03:09 The rise in migration in recent years
04:14 What caused the rise in migration from Central America
05:28 How emigration is seen in Central America
06:13 The impact of immigration on the US
06:52 Donald Trump linking immigration and crime
08:00 Trump's record on immigration as president
09:02 Kamala Harris' record on immigration in California and as vice-president
10:00 What are Trump's immigration policies and what impact could they have?
12:47 What are Harris' immigration policies and what impact could they have?
14:01 What other American countries want to see from the United States
15:28 Would Harris or Trump align with what other countries want?
17:34 Are any of these policies likely to have a lasting impact?
18:32 Is immigration still going to be a hot button issue in 2028?

Watch more episodes of The Global Story here 👉🏽    • The Global Story  

You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13x...
----------------
This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.
If you like what we do, you can also find us here:
Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice  
Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice  
Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice  
BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio

Thanks for watching and subscribing!
#BBCWorldService #WorldService #USElection #USPolitics