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President Trump keeps voter and media focus on immigration

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How President Trump keeps voters’—and the media’s—focus on immigration

A week before the midterms, President Trump is trying to keep immigration issues front and center. He said he intends to eliminate the “birthright” rule, which grants citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, whether or not their parents are here legally. Meanwhile, 5,200 soldiers will arrive on the U.S.-Mexico border as caravans of Central American migrants journey north. Nick Schifrin reports.

10/30/2018

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