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    Trump’s Massive Miscalculation

    Sep 12, 2017 4 minutes
    by LINDA CHAVEZ Illustration by MATTHEW HOLLISTER

    NO ISSUE IS AS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED with U.S. President Donald Trump’s ascendancy as immigration, but those who thought his only concern was stopping illegal immigration weren’t paying close attention. Trump’s ugly campaign rhetoric may have focused on illegal immigration—building walls, protecting Americans’ jobs, and stopping a largely imagined crime wave— but, behind the scenes, candidate Trump was working closely with hard-liners who have long lobbied for cutting legal immigration drastically.

    In a mostly ignored 2015 campaign policy paper titled “Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again,” Trump promised, “Before any new green cards are issued to foreign

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