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line 1: "geographic boundaries" (Subject Terms)
line 2: borders (Select a Field)

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line 1: privacy (Subject Terms)
line 2: "national security" (Subject Terms)

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citizenship
deferred action for childhood arrivals
deportation
emigration & immigration
employment of undocumented immigrants
government policy
immigrants' rights
immigration enforcement
immigration law
immigration policy
immigration reform
immigration status
right of asylum
unaccompanied immigrant children
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ENGL 115: Argumentation (Billings)

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