Congress has spent decades attempting and failing to pass bipartisan legislation on U.S. immigration and border security. Immigration continues to be a divisive issue in American politics as the past few years, there’s been a record number of illegal crossings on the U.S.’s southern border.

WSJ political correspondent Molly Ball explains how the latest border bill fell apart even before it reached the Senate floor, and what it means in an election year.

0:00 Bipartisan bill
0:45 Immigration in recent American politics
2:14 How this bill played out
3:50 Trump
4:48 Mayorkas
5:28 What’s next?

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