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Deputy opinion editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pop culture connoisseur. Forever fronterizo. Formerly @SeattleTimes @HoustonChron @TucsonStar
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How the White House turned a Pennsylvania trooper’s death into an immigration scare story

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By Luis F. Carrasco Verified, Luís Carrasco
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified
Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael E. Pahira Jr., 44, would still be alive if Michael Bon had not come here from Haiti. That is what the Trump administration wants people to focus on. It was devastating enough that the veteran of nearly two decades with the state police was fatally struck on July 1 by a tractor-trailer the authorities say was driven by Bon. But the administration, which since last year has consistently targeted immigrants with both bullets and blame, didn’t stop there.
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Getting ‘legal status’ in America is harder than most people think. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE before he could.

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By Luis F. Carrasco Verified, Luís Carrasco
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Tuesday in Houston. He arrived in the U.S. from Mexico 35 years ago, built a construction business, and became one of five people killed by federal agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s plan of mass deportation. As I read and listened to commentary from sources outraged by the killing, I kept bumping into their description of Salgado Araujo.
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DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.

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By Luis F. Carrasco Verified, Luís Carrasco
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified
Immigration is complicated. That makes polling on the topic difficult, as the same Americans who will tell you they support mass deportation one day will turn around and say they back a path to citizenship the next. So, which is it? Well, it depends.
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