Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the Biden administration’s approach to a surge of illegal immigrant crossings at the southern border. Kokai offered these comments during the April 9, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
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