A 1994 US policy was supposed to deter migration by securing popular access points. Instead, it drives people to enter the US by more hazardous means, such as being crammed in hot tractor-trailers.
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Professor of Geography, Vassar College
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Professor and Chair of History, Vassar College
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Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred Lichtenstein Professor of Chinese and Japanese and Director of Asian Studies Program, Vassar College
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Associate Professor of Economics, Vassar College
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Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, Vassar College
