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Mexican Border 'Crisis': Wedge Issue in 2024 U.S. Election? A Mini-Course
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Mexican Border 'Crisis': Wedge Issue in 2024 U.S. Election? A Mini-Course

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Mexican Border 'Crisis': Wedge Issue in 2024 U.S. Election? A Mini-Course
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Donald Trump hopes to make the “crisis at the Mexican border” a wedge issue in the 2024 election. He asserts that millions of illegal immigrants are flooding into the US, changing the culture and causing an increase in violent crime. The number of foreign-born Americans is indeed near the highest it has ever been. It’s also true that the number of peopl…

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