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The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. US policy isn't keeping up

  • Written by Jonathan Hiskey, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies, Vanderbilt University
imageA Salvadoran family who fled to the U.S. when armed men killed the father.AP Photo/LM Otero

A fundamental shift in U.S. immigration patterns is well underway.

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