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Simon Rosenberg


Immigration and the New Political Math

Publication Date: 
18 December 2009

Tired of contentious, polarizing issues that pit red- and blue-state Americans against each other and make it impossible for them to find common ground? Well, rest easy. It's time for consensus-building, bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform!

Seriously. It's OK. Starting the debate now won't usher in the apocalypse, despite the fervor of the few and the loud who have so effectively demonized immigrants and distracted the country from the truth about immigration.

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