President Trump touts a sharp drop in illegal entries to the country, but a Cato Institute analysis shows legal immigration has fallen even more dramatically, with 132,000 fewer people being admitted per month through legal pathways. Liz Landers discussed what’s behind those numbers with the study’s author, David Bier. He's the director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute.
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Recent reporting from the CDC shows that birthrates in the United States are declining. Experts now expect the population to begin shrinking in the U.S. in the near future, unless birthrate or immigration rate trends are reversed. Watch the segment below, then discuss as a class —
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