By Aug. 17, 2015 11:58 a.m. , a sort of codification of much of what he’s been saying on the campaign trail, has generated a great deal of commentary in social media, including that it is “The greatest political document since the Magna Carta.” Reactions to (and supporters of) Trump’s plan reveal a lot of the usual immigration pressure points: immigrants are taking Americans’ jobs, immigrants aren’t assimilating, instead of contributing to the local economy they send their money abroad, they broke the law to get here . . . etc. Such hardline positions on immigration fail to recall that laws denying rights and promoting...
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