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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Jihan Abdalla

Republicans bank on tough immigration line as US midterms near

Republican election ads have used the term 'invasion' to refer to the growing number of migrants and asylum seekers arriving at the US-Mexico border, drawing condemnation from rights groups [File: Paul Ratje/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Some send thousands of migrants on buses and planes to Democratic-run states. Others air incendiary advertisements, calling migrants “invaders” and “criminals”, or pledge to invoke war powers to accelerate their expulsion.

As United States voters prepare to cast their ballots in critical midterm elections in November, Republicans have put immigration, as well as record-high numbers of arrivals at the country’s southern border, into sharp focus.

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