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Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the CNBC Republican Presidential Debate, October 28, 2015 at the Coors Event Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. AFP PHOTO/ ROBYN BECK

Trump Walks Backs from Low-Immigration, High-Wage Plan

At the CNBC’s primary debate, Donald Trump walked away from two critical elements of his immigration policy by downsizing his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, and by disavowing his prior commitment to curb corporate use of foreign university graduates.

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India, China Overtaking Mexico as Largest US-Bound Immigration Groups

While much of today’s political debate—and rhetoric—is focusing on Mexican immigrants, pundits and politicians alike have overlooked a very interesting statistic. According to US Census Bureau research released in May 2015, immigrants from China and India, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the US.