Historical Perspective on US-Mexico Border

Guest: Brenden W. Rensink, Assistant Professor of History, BYU, Author, “Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands” The United Nations estimates more than 7,000 have now joined the group making its way north through Mexico from Honduras, where the caravan started. If they continue to travel on foot, it will take two months for them to reach the US border. The Trump Administration is expected to deploy additional troops to the US-Mexico border to assist in security operations.