Commentary: The border crisis factor no one talks about: American guns
When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visited Texas at the end of February, each spoke about migration and border security. Biden called for restricting asylum. Trump engaged in fear-mongering, blaming migrants for crime. But neither mentioned one of the main reasons the border has drawn so many migrants and asylum seekers — the flow of guns from the U.S. into Mexico.
This link between our guns and the people who seek safety at the border is particularly clear in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott’s among the hundreds of thousands who try to cross the U.S. southern border each year.
