Immigration: A Campaign Primer

By KATHERINE MANGAN

Few issues have proved as politically explosive in the presidential primaries as immigration. Candidates on both sides of the political divide have flipped and flopped their way around the topic, trying to appease those who fear their livelihoods are being threatened by undocumented workers, as well as those who believe families already living in the United States should be given an opportunity to succeed here.

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