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Why Latino citizens are worrying more about deportation

  • Written by Asad L. Asad, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
Rosa Gutierrez Lopez from El Salvador has been living in sanctuary in a church for a year due to a deportation order.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

“You can’t deport a U.S. citizen,” said a friend recently. My friend is correct on the law.

But that doesn’t stop millions of U.S. citizens from fearing deportation anyway.

In a study p...

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