in washington, d.c., we have niambi carter, associate professor at the school of public policy and theversity of maryland. niambi is a specialist on race and ethnic politics. in new york, rebekah wolf, policy counsel for the immigration justice campaign for the american immigration council. and also in washington, d.c. is john feehery, partner at efb advocacy. he is a republican, a political communications strategist, and economist for "the hill." a very warm welcome to all of you. rebekah, let's start with you, because the numbers are staggering. nearly 9000 people crossing every day. why are we seeing so many people right now? rebekah: well, i think it is important to look at it in the context of the last few years. part of the reason that there are such high numbers coming in is that, under both the biden administration and the trump administration, our border was essentially closed, and you had people, under what was called the title 42 program, being expelled. and what that does is, in addition to conditions that are forcing people to migrate, you also had a number of people that