Puerto Rican Refugees and the Elusive Blue Wave

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Thousands of people evacuating Puerto Rico line up to get on a cruise ship in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in San Juan

This article will appear in the Spring 2018 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here.

Battered and bruised by Hurricane Maria and mired in a power crisis, Puerto Rico remains in shambles. While economic strains on the island led to a painful, decade-long increase in migration to the mainland, the hurricane made the exodus spike...