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Carol M. Swain

Carol M. Swain, Professor of Political Science and Law and Director of Public Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University, is editor of Debating Immigration. Her Web site is carolmswain.com.

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Joseph Carens argues that states should exchange large-scale amnesties, case-by-case adjudications, and mass deportations for an immigration policy that rewards length of residence by granting special status to those illegal immigrants who...
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