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Adam Goodman is a history graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Mexico City and writes about U.S. and Mexican politics, migration, and the history of deportation. You can follow him on Twitter @adamsigoodman and read more of his work at adamsigoodman.wordpress.com.
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