As encounters with illegal aliens along the southwest portion of the border hit all-time lows it is important to remember that, until very recently, it wasn’t always this way. And before our southern border was overrun, Spanish-language media mostly kept quiet about the onslaught that was to come.
On the back end of the pandemic, Title 42 was the only thing sort of holding the border together with duct tape, chewing gum and bailing wire. There were real concerns that removing Title 42 would blow the border right open.
Coverage was mixed at best: Univision completely omitted covering the Biden administration’s concerns over the potential border surge, CNN en Español barely covered it and Telemundo ran a report that featured no comment from the administration:
JOHANA SUÁREZ: There are fears of a massive arrival of migrants at the southern border…
