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- ↑ "Jacqueline Hagan Awarded Kenan Distinguished Professorship". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Sociology. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ↑ Lind, Dara (2014-07-09). "What happens when deportation separates parents from their kids?". Vox. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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