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The Preferences of Political Elites and Humanitarian Immigration to the United States

Banks Miller, Jennifer S. Holmes, Linda Camp Keith
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2020, 6 (3) 150-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2020.6.3.07
Banks Miller
aAssociate professor of political science, public policy, and political economy at the University of Texas at Dallas, United States
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Jennifer S. Holmes
bDean of the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, United States
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Linda Camp Keith
cRetired Clinical Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, United States
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