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Chris Gavaler’s novel-in-stories SCHOOL FOR TRICKSTERS was published by Southern Methodist University Press (2011) and his romantic suspense novel PRETEND I’M NOT HERE by HarperCollins (2002). His short fiction appears in over three dozen national literary journals, including PRAIRIE SCHOONER, NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, HUDSON REVIEW, and WITNESS. He is also a four-time winner of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival’s Outstanding Playwright award. He received an MFA from the University of Virginia and is an Assistant Professor of English at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA.

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A Brief History of Deporters-in-Chief

Ronald Reagan said during his first term: “I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally.” During his second term, Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, granting amnesty to nearly 3 million unauthorized immigrants.

George W. Bush did not support amnesty, but his 2004 immigratio

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