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| + | {{USA}} Immigration policy became a hot topic in the spring of 2006 (there's some specific history which I don't have time to research -- there was a bill introduced (by GOP?) which would have apparently made it very difficult for existing immigrant workers; this led to rallies nationwide in support of said workers and against said bill, etc...). | ||
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| + | Although the anti-immigrant sentiment never entirely went away in the meantime, it surfaced again during and after the [[2010 US elections|2010 elections]] as [[US conservative|conservative]] politicians (now politically dominant) [[demonize]]d Mexican immigrants as [[scapegoat]]s for the state of the economy in the wake of the [[2008 financial meltdown]], focusing anger on destructive immigration "reform" proposals rather than on any measures likely to fix the problem. | ||
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