Borderline
Two Parties, Two Radically Different Visions on Immigration
The stark divide makes 2016 one of the most consequential elections yet for the future of U.S. immigration policy.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pulls Alex Stypik from a crowd of supporters to show off his shirt during a rally at the Central Illinois Regional Airport on March 13, 2016, in Bloomington, Illinois.
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Viewers watching the U.S. presidential debates this month have been treated to two radically different prognoses and prescriptions for the U.S. immigration system.
In Democratic forums, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders argue that deportations are ripping apart hard-working undocumented people who are merely trying to make a good life for their families, and that the president must show them mercy, even if it means stretching the limits of the law.