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“Everyone is looking at the arrivals at the border, but the root of the problem lies in push factors inside countries of origin that are going to persist,” Justin Gest, a political scientist at George Mason University who studies immigration, told my colleague Miriam Jordan.

“Everyone is looking at the arrivals at the border, but the root of the problem lies in push factors inside countries of origin that are going to persist,” said Justin Gest, a political scientist at George Mason University who studies immigration.

Mr. Gest, the political scientist, said the United States wants to spread the responsibility for absorbing so many migrants, “but it’s not clear that is going to work.”

In an attempt to work through these questions, I recently spoke with Justin Gest, an associate professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government.

Gest joined up during the Great Recession, knowing he’d eventually go to school on the GI Bill.