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In the Republican primary campaign, "immigration reform" is never far from candidates' lips. In Florida, former candidate Rudy Giuliani advocated a steep increase in enforcement, saying, "We can stop illegal immigration if we stop it right at the border." Mitt Romney told South Carolina that under his watch, all undocumented immigrants would be sent home to "get in line with everyone else." Former candidate Fred Thompson called for a nation of "high fences," while Rep. Tom Tancredo ran almost solely on a platform of immigration crackdown. The public wants to hear about immigration: in a recent Zogby poll, more than 76 percent of respondents called the issue either "very important" or "somewhat important" to their decision in the primary election. Yet until Thursday's debate in California, the Democratic candidates barely broached the issue...
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