Volume 4

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Controlling the borders

The next president must navigate the complex politics of immigration reform

 
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Briefing Room

David Martin in The Washington Post

Here's why local police don't enforce immigration laws

September 13, 2016 Sheila Blackford

First Year powers WNYC’s “The Takeaway”

A in-depth look at immigration from WNYC, WGBH, and Public Radio International

September 06, 2016 Thomas van der Voort

Immigrants and insecure workers

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Populism and scapegoating on both sides of the Atlantic

August 31, 2016 Wayne Cornelius and Daniel Tichenor

Xenophobia’s unlearned lesson

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Daniel Tichenor explains why Republicans will pay a steep political price for playing the nativist card

August 17, 2016 Daniel Tichenor

Whose job Is it anyway?

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Anna O. Law examines how the government has managed immigration

August 09, 2016 Anna O. Law

Toward a more holistic approach

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How our national discourse is preventing comprehensive immigration reform

July 11, 2016 Anna O. Law

Trump and immigration

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How the issue of immigration needs Trump

July 08, 2016 Gary Freeman

Making amends for past wrongs

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Democrats should fix the broken immigration system they helped create

July 07, 2016 Adam Goodman

Harding, Coolidge, and immigration

Library of Congress

How did these two president approach immigration policy in the 1920s?

July 06, 2016 Bryan Craig

What was the Bracero program?

The Bracero program and its effects on immigration to the United States

June 28, 2016 Sheila Blackford

The Supreme Court’s real message

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The Supreme Court wants immigration resolved in the political arena

June 23, 2016 David A. Martin

Ted Kennedy, LBJ, and immigration reform

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Ted Kennedy works with President Johnson to reform America's discriminatory immigration laws

June 15, 2016 Rob Martin

Controlling the borders: Essays

Border wars

Sid Milkis and David Leblang

Go comprehensive, go bold

David A. Martin

Americans first

Gary Freeman

Cooler heads

Anna O. Law

Reluctant reformer

Daniel Tichenor