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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Absurdity of Calling the U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis an ‘Invasion’
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss the recent comparisons between America’s border crisis and the threat to Israel from Hamas terrorists. They analyze a range of claims about the alleged threat posed by immigration across the Mexican border and explain how such claims are not only unsupported but result in massive injustice and obscure the actual problems with the immigration system.
Among the topics covered:
The existing border crisis in America;
The unsupported claims of an “open border” and comparisons to Israel;
How fearmongering undercuts our ability to address actual threats;
Why te...