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[politics] Hard for Republicans to say Obama is soft on illegal immigration
Net migration from Mexico to the United States has come to a statistical standstill, stalling one of the most significant demographic trends of the last four decades.
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The report attributes the changes to several factors, including the weakened economy, increased border enforcement, a rise in deportations, growing dangers at the border and a long-term decline in Mexican birthrates. Which factor is dominant is still unknown.
Meaning that states like Arizona, insisting they must be allowed to encourage cops to arrest and detain any Latino looking people without citizenship papers really are paranoid racists. It's not necessary - things are trending towards a drop in ilegal immigration already.
[...]
The report attributes the changes to several factors, including the weakened economy, increased border enforcement, a rise in deportations, growing dangers at the border and a long-term decline in Mexican birthrates. Which factor is dominant is still unknown.
Meaning that states like Arizona, insisting they must be allowed to encourage cops to arrest and detain any Latino looking people without citizenship papers really are paranoid racists. It's not necessary - things are trending towards a drop in ilegal immigration already.