According to the Pew Research Center, U.S. Immigration Officials apprehended or expelled a record 250,000 would-be migrants at the U.S. Mexico border in December of 2023. The increase in border activity has fueled anti-immigrant rhetoric from the Republican Party, and prompted GOP members of the House of Representatives to impeach Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

But beyond all the rhetoric and political machinations in Washington, there is the daily, lived experience of migrants crossing deserts, jungles and rivers on foot with hopes of gaining entry to the United States.

David Canon, professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has just returned from an immersive trip to the U.S.-Mexico border sponsored by the nonprofit Border Servant Corps, and he joins host Brian Standing to share his experience.

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