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Extremism on Immigration: Another Page From the New Republican Playbook
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Extremism on Immigration: Another Page From the New Republican Playbook

Marshall Fitz examines how Republicans are rejecting well-settled legal principles in favor of extremist positions in the immigration debate.

The Republican Party has justified its recent rightward lurch on an array of issues, including immigration, in the name of restoring the Constitution’s original meaning and preserving the rule of law. Their most extreme policy prescriptions are frequently couched in spurious constitutional or rule-of-law frames or by vague references to the will of the people. But their grossly contorted re-imaginings transform the face of the Constitution from "Mona Lisa" sublime to "Devouring Saturn" grotesque.

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Marshall Fitz

Senior Fellow