Texas Governor Greg Abbott is testing how far he can go to enforce immigration on the US southern border. His policies have led to a stand-off with the Biden administration and the US Supreme Court, and that’s playing out in the small border town of Eagle Pass, Texas. So what does it mean for migrants caught between razor wire and the Rio Grande?

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Heidi Zhou-Castro (@HeidiZhouCastro), Al Jazeera Correspondent

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is testing how far he can go to enforce immigration on the US southern border. His policies have led to a stand-off with the Biden administration and the US Supreme Court, and that’s playing out in the small border town of Eagle Pass, Texas. So what does it mean for migrants caught between razor wire and the Rio Grande?
In this episode: 
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<li aria-level="1">Heidi Zhou-Castro (<a href="https://twitter.com/heidizhoucastro">@HeidiZhouCastro</a>), Al Jazeera Correspondent</li>
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Sonia Bhagat and Miranda Lin with our host, Malika Bilal. Sarí el-Khalili fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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