South Carolina is more than 1,000 miles from the border. Why is immigration a top issue?

Only 5.3% of South Carolina’s population is foreign born and 68.9% of the population is white. But when Republican voters went to the polls during the S.C. GOP presidential primary, their most important issue was immigration.

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