When he ran for president, Donald Trump made a big promise to restore order to the border.
Immigration has been his signature issue,
with pledges to build the wall and carry out the largest deportation campaign in American history.
But at what cost?
I'm Edward Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and welcome back to The Insider.
And with me to discuss this, I have John Prido, our executive editor,
Robert Guest, a fellow deputy editor, and from New York, Charlotte Howard, our United States editor.
Welcome to all of you.
So I want to try and break this down into two bits.
The first is what is actually happening.
It's really noticeable that since two American citizens were shot on the streets of Minneapolis in January,
this has really gone out of the top of the news,
but a lot's still going on and I want to get a sense of what that is.
The second thing I think is what this means for America.
What it means for the economy, what it means for politics in the lead up to the midterm elections.
And most of all, it's what this will really do to the fabric of the country,
to the country that we've called the unwelcoming states of America on this week's cover.
So Charlotte, let's start with you.
I remember we were here in January after the shooting of Renée Good and Alex Pretti,
and we all thought that it was going to be a turning point,