Rebalancing the Narrative: Higher Education, Border Security, and Immigration

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George R. La Noue, Rebalancing the Narrative, https://www.nas.org/reports/rebalancing-the-narrative

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The size and characteristics of immigration to the United States have been historically contentious issues. Nevertheless, there is probably a greater partisan division on this subject than ever before. While there are several important pro-immigration expansionist stakeholders, one of the most vocal has been higher education. From the public statements of academic organizations, testimony and litigation sponsored by the higher education establishment, as well as student activism, there has been a consistent effort to oppose border enforcement and to expand multiple forms of immigration.