President Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on allegations that he ripped off donors trying to fund the southern border wall.
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Nearly all in U.S. back criminal justice reform, says poll
Nearly 6 in 10 Black Americans think the criminal justice system needs a complete overhaul, compared with about a quarter of white Americans who said the same.
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Worldwide viral infections top 500,000 as economic toll rises
In the United States, where deaths passed 1,050 and about 70,000 people were infected, the damage from the widespread economic shutdown was made plain when the number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week was nearly five times the old record, set in 1982.
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Church leaders deplore ‘public charge’ rule change to legal immigration
President Trump is trying to move the United States toward a system that focuses on immigrants’ skills instead of emphasizing the reunification of families.
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Trump moves to end asylum protections for Central Americans
The move by President Donald Trump’s administration was meant to essentially end asylum protections as they now are on the southern border.
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Number of undocumented Mexican immigrants in the U.S. declines
But the number of undocumented Central Americans in the country is increasing — from 1.5 million in 2007 to 1.9 million in 2017, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Government may have split up thousands more migrant families
Government investigators said Thursday that thousands more migrant children may have been separated from their families than the Trump administration has acknowledged.
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7-year-old migrant girl held at US border dies in custody
An official with Guatemala’s foreign ministry identified the girl as Jackeline Caal and her father as 29-year-old Nery Caal.
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Trump’s new move to limit asylum challenged in court
President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the United States. The plan was immediately challenged in court.
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Trump stokes pre-election fear of immigrants to drive voters
Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an “invasion” of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end to the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.