5 border misconceptions blurring the immigration debate

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5 border misconceptions blurring the immigration debate

A section of the border wall stretches through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

By Nathan Ouellette

Posted October 1, 2019 at 5:00am

The southern border of the United States has been a central focus in American politics ever since Donald Trump descended onto the political scene in 2015, but misconceptions about the border abound.

Watch as CQ Roll Call reporters Camila DeChalus and Jinitzail Hernández explain the five biggest misconceptions at the border.

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