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A rising number of Americans say that immigration is the country’s biggest problem. Biden called for Congress to pass a bipartisan border and immigration bill during his State of the Union.
Religious, racial and class-based differences often get politicized.
A GOP proposal would make it nearly impossible for most migrants now crossing the US border to gain asylum and the right to remain in the country.
With US aid to Ukraine locked in a partisan battle over security at the US southern border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces the possibility of losing his largest supporter.
US president Joe Biden is getting flak from both Democrats and Republicans over his border deal with Mexico aimed at reducing immigration.
When host communities unexpectedly receive large numbers of migrants, the influx can tax local services – and relations between migrants and residents.
A fire killed 38 migrants in a Mexico detention facility in March 2023. A sociologist’s conversations with migrants show that they had a common response to this news – a deep sense of grief.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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PhD Candidate, International Studies., Old Dominion University
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Teaching Fellow in International Security, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Researcher, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School
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Research Associate Professor at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University
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Professor of History, Quinnipiac University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
