Plane Held in France Over Trafficking Concerns Lands in India

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The Spin

Democratic narrative

Decades-long visa backlogs for would-be immigrants who want to join their families in the US, as well as worsening conditions for minorities in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have forced Indian nationals into the hands of smugglers disguised as travel agents. To address this recent spike, the US must overhaul its immigration laws and push India to enact significant reform.

Republican narrative

The Biden administration's policies have failed to end the border crisis as they were based on a faulty premise that opening new pathways for migrants to cross in an orderly, legal fashion would reduce illegal immigration. The only historically proven way to solve this issue is to stop letting illegal migrants stay in the country — a move that discourages them from heading to the US in the first place.

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