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Groups of migrants wait for food donations in San Antonio on Sept. 19, 2022. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images

November 8, 2022

Why the number of encounters at the southern U.S. border does not mean what the GOP says it means

Ernesto Castañeda, American University

Some Republicans have claimed that a crisis exists on the US southern border. But federal immigration statistics tell a different story about the GOP’s overblown numbers.

An image of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is overlaid with the words ‘don’t attack our democracy’ at a rally to denounce the governor’s immigration policies on Sept. 20, 2022, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

September 21, 2022

The Republican party’s cruel migrant stunts have very deep roots

Jason Opal, McGill University

The recent anti-migrant actions of the Florida and Texas governors reflect specific hatreds that date back to the very beginnings of European settlement in North America.

An immigrant mother and child stand outside a church on Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 15, 2022. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

September 20, 2022

Ron DeSantis dropping migrants off on Martha’s Vineyard may be illegal – an immigration lawyer explains why

Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California

A formal legal investigation would be needed to determine whether the Florida governor and associates violated human trafficking or other laws.

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