Trump is gone. Deep immigration coverage must continue.
WHILE NEWS OUTLETS turned out in droves for Vice President Kamala Harris’s first visit to the US-Mexico border Friday, don’t be fooled: immigration news no longer captures the news cycle the way it did under former President Trump. Following the inauguration of Joe Biden, stories on his administration focusing on immigration accounted for a lower proportion of coverage than during the presidency of his predecessor, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. In particular, for outlets with “left-leaning” and “mixed” audiences, immigration coverage has taken up significantly less space.
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