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May 2023
33m 10s

How Immigration Shapes American Politics

ABC News, 538, FiveThirtyEight, Galen Druke
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Title 42 is expiring on Thursday night, a pandemic-era rule allowing the U.S. government to turn away asylum seekers at the border as a public health measure. This comes at a time when apprehensions at the border are already at record highs and Americans give President Biden some of his lowest ratings on his handling of immigration. In this installment of th ... Show More
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