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White House Uses Debunked Mariel Boatlift Study to Propose Immigration Crackdown (Miami New Times)

August 03, 2017

From the article:

In the months since Borjas published his study, multiple sources have debunked his claims. Researcher Michael Clemens, from the nonprofit Center for Global Development, along with a Rutgers University economist, analyzed Borjas' recent study and found that Borjas' research had a "critical flaw" in that it incorrectly cited the U.S. Census data on which his entire findings depend.

That didn't stop the Miami Herald from confusingly publishing Borjas' research as "fact" on its front page two weeks ago.

Now Miller, Trump, and Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue are using Borjas' flawed study to justify an immigration crackdown that would fundamentally alter the face of Miami. 

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