Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Detentions along the U.S.-Mexico border are down and spending on border security is on the rise, but it's not clear that all that money is making a difference.
A review of the estimated $100 billion that the U.S. has already spent on border security in the past decade reveals mixed results.
For more, we turn to investigative reporter Greg Moran with the San Diego Union Tribune. He investigated audits of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and joins us to talk about his findings.