The conversations around America’s border politics have changed dramatically in recent election cycles. While the nature of migration has fundamentally changed, the nation’s policy tools have remained frozen in time, not accommodating to today’s diverse mix of families and asylum seekers. This mismatch between modern challenges and outdated solutions have contributed to this cycle of crisis, where political rhetoric becomes more extreme while solutions are increasingly elusive. Fiona Harrigan from Reason weighs in on the complex relations in 21st century migration policies.