Donald Trump says he will authorize a roundup of all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. A 1950s program with similar goals, called Operation Wetback, offers lessons.
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Regularization programs that help refugees and migrants become permanent residents have tremendous positive outcomes for both migrants and society.
Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
Since Reconstruction, states have leased prisoners to US industries. That diminished in the 20th century, but now it’s resurging, with prisoners leased to harvest food for American consumers.
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Food Systems Geographer, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Political Science, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Criminology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
