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Immigration

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2. “Can America’s Economy Cope with Mass Deportations?

Economist. 6 Jan 2025

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55. Nick Miroff. “Trump’s Border Wall Has Been Breached More Than 3,000 Times by Smugglers, CBP Records Show.” Washington Post. 2 Mar 2022

56. Claire Hansen. “How Much of Trump’s Border Wall Was Built?” U.S. News & World Report. 7 Feb 2022

57. Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz. “Records Show Trump’s Border Wall Is Costing Taxpayers Billions More Than Initial Contracts.” ProPublica. 27 Oct 2020

58. Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo. “He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It’s Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed.” Texas Tribune.  2 July 2020
59. Chantal Da Silva. “Donald Trump’s New Border Wall Contract Will Cost More Than $30 Million Per Mile.” Newsweek. 20 May 20
60. United States. Government Accountability Office. “Southwest Border Security: CBP Is Evaluating Designs and Locations for Border Barriers but Is Proceeding Without Key Information.” July 2018 

61. Nick Miroff. “At America’s Toughest Border Wall, A Hole Remains.” Washington Post. 4 June 2018

62. Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig. “Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses.” New York Times. 8 May 2019

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