Immigration: the mother of all issues

By Timothy P. Carney

Published March 18, 2016 12:04pm ET

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Immigration: the mother of all issues — White identity politics mixes very easily with a blood-and-soil conservatism, and Trump is playing to that expertly. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) | Gerald Herbert

“Amnesty” may have been his undoing.

The 2013 “Gang of Eight” immigration deal arguably killed Marco Rubio’s presidential run.

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