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What's More Dangerous, Immigration or Russian Meddling?

Russian attacks on our democracy are a clear threat aimed at the heart of America, but Trump is more concerned with his wall.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall in Tampa, Florida, on July 31.
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What’s the most worrisome foreign intrusion into the United States—unauthorized immigrants, Chinese imports, or interference in our democracy?

For Trump, it’s immigrants and imports. He doesn’t care much about the third.

"Border security is national security,” Trump said last week, as he threatened a government shutdown if Congress didn’t come up with money to build a wall along the Mexican border (at an estimated cost of between $21 and $80 billion.)

Meanwhile, Trump ordered his administration to consider raising tariff rates already proposed on $200 billion of

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