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Immigration, legislation, investigation and child poverty: 4 scholars respond to Trump's State of the Union

  • Written by Matthew Wright, Assistant professor of government, American University School of Public Affairs

Editor’s note: In his second State of the Union address, President Donald Trump ranged from generous to combative, eloquent to blunt. He unexpectedly complimented the wave of recently elected Democratic women in the House, and they responded by applauding for themselves. And he spent a lot of time on a his favorite topic: immigration and the...

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