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SmartLink Smartphone App Helps Deportation Agents Monitor Immigrants at US-Mexico Border
US authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from detention will attend deportation hearings, a requirement that advocates say violates their privacy and makes them feel they're not free.
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Democrats Urge Joe Biden To Fight Restart Of Trump Immigration Policy
Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates pressed Joe Biden to take new steps to end an immigration policy begun by his predecessor Donald Trump after the top U.S. court ordered that the "remain in Mexico" program be reinstated.
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Opinion: Why India Is Source Of Most Elite Group Of Immigrants In US
Among advocates of immigration restriction, it's almost an article of faith that newcomers from rich countries are more desirable than those from poor countries. In early 2018, President Donald Trump reportedly expressed a desire for more immigrants from Norway and fewer from countries such as Haiti, labeling the latter with an expletive.
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Assam Citizens' List Boss Behaving Like "Super Chief Minister": BJP MLA
With just two days left for Assam to release its final National Register of Citizens or NRC - a list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants - the ruling BJP's transformation from being its strongest advocate to its biggest sceptic has peaked.
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Donald Trump's New Rule Could Cut Legal Immigration In Half, Say Advocates
The long-anticipated rule, pushed by Donald Trump's leading aide on immigration, Stephen Miller, takes effect October 15.
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Donald Trump Says Immigration Raids Coming "Fairly Soon"
President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as US migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.
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Starting "Fairly Soon", Says Donald Trump On Immigration Raids
US President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as US migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.
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21 Savage Granted Release On Bond From Immigration Detention
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was granted release on bond from US immigration detention Tuesday, his lawyers said -- nine days after his arrest sparked outrage among fellow music stars, fans and immigrant rights advocates alike.
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Somali Refugee, Palestine Immigrant: First 2 Muslim Women In US Congress
A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women -- Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 -- are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights ...
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Illegal Immigration Costs Americans $100 Billion Every Year: Trump
Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers $100 billion a year, President Donald Trump has said as he slammed the opposition Democratic party for advocating an open border policy facilitating an easy entry of immigrants into the US.
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Trump Says Deport Immigrant "Invaders", With "No Judges Or Court Cases"
President Donald Trump on Sunday explicitly advocated depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights, arguing that people who cross the border into the United States illegally were invaders and must immediately be deported without trial or an appearance before a judge.
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Apple CEO to Advocate End to 'Inhumane' Immigrant Child Separation
Apple CEO Tim Cook described the separation of children from immigrant parents at the US-Mexico border as "inhumane" and promised to be a "constructive voice" in seeking to end the issue.
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Trump's Travel Ban 3.0 Seen As 'Bulletproof', Appeals Well-Considered
President Donald Trump's litany of derogatory comments about Muslims before the election might still be enough to sink his latest attempt at a travel ban, although immigration advocates will have a tougher time persuading judges to block it, legal experts say.
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Steve Scalise: Rising Conservative Star And Gun Rights Advocate
Steve Scalise, the senior Republican lawmaker seriously wounded in Wednesday's shooting at a baseball practice near Washington, is a hardline conservative who opposes abortion, immigration and gun control, and who cleared numerous hurdles to become the number three House Republican.
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Immigration Lawyers Warn Of More US Visa Delays And Denials
Immigration advocates say that the beefed-up vetting is bound to add to already-lengthy backlogs of applicants.
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SmartLink Smartphone App Helps Deportation Agents Monitor Immigrants at US-Mexico Border
US authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from detention will attend deportation hearings, a requirement that advocates say violates their privacy and makes them feel they're not free.
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Democrats Urge Joe Biden To Fight Restart Of Trump Immigration Policy
Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates pressed Joe Biden to take new steps to end an immigration policy begun by his predecessor Donald Trump after the top U.S. court ordered that the "remain in Mexico" program be reinstated.
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Opinion: Why India Is Source Of Most Elite Group Of Immigrants In US
Among advocates of immigration restriction, it's almost an article of faith that newcomers from rich countries are more desirable than those from poor countries. In early 2018, President Donald Trump reportedly expressed a desire for more immigrants from Norway and fewer from countries such as Haiti, labeling the latter with an expletive.
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Assam Citizens' List Boss Behaving Like "Super Chief Minister": BJP MLA
With just two days left for Assam to release its final National Register of Citizens or NRC - a list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants - the ruling BJP's transformation from being its strongest advocate to its biggest sceptic has peaked.
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Donald Trump's New Rule Could Cut Legal Immigration In Half, Say Advocates
The long-anticipated rule, pushed by Donald Trump's leading aide on immigration, Stephen Miller, takes effect October 15.
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Donald Trump Says Immigration Raids Coming "Fairly Soon"
President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as US migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.
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Starting "Fairly Soon", Says Donald Trump On Immigration Raids
US President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as US migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.
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21 Savage Granted Release On Bond From Immigration Detention
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was granted release on bond from US immigration detention Tuesday, his lawyers said -- nine days after his arrest sparked outrage among fellow music stars, fans and immigrant rights advocates alike.
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Somali Refugee, Palestine Immigrant: First 2 Muslim Women In US Congress
A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women -- Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 -- are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights ...
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Illegal Immigration Costs Americans $100 Billion Every Year: Trump
Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers $100 billion a year, President Donald Trump has said as he slammed the opposition Democratic party for advocating an open border policy facilitating an easy entry of immigrants into the US.
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Trump Says Deport Immigrant "Invaders", With "No Judges Or Court Cases"
President Donald Trump on Sunday explicitly advocated depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights, arguing that people who cross the border into the United States illegally were invaders and must immediately be deported without trial or an appearance before a judge.
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Apple CEO to Advocate End to 'Inhumane' Immigrant Child Separation
Apple CEO Tim Cook described the separation of children from immigrant parents at the US-Mexico border as "inhumane" and promised to be a "constructive voice" in seeking to end the issue.
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Trump's Travel Ban 3.0 Seen As 'Bulletproof', Appeals Well-Considered
President Donald Trump's litany of derogatory comments about Muslims before the election might still be enough to sink his latest attempt at a travel ban, although immigration advocates will have a tougher time persuading judges to block it, legal experts say.
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Steve Scalise: Rising Conservative Star And Gun Rights Advocate
Steve Scalise, the senior Republican lawmaker seriously wounded in Wednesday's shooting at a baseball practice near Washington, is a hardline conservative who opposes abortion, immigration and gun control, and who cleared numerous hurdles to become the number three House Republican.
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Immigration Lawyers Warn Of More US Visa Delays And Denials
Immigration advocates say that the beefed-up vetting is bound to add to already-lengthy backlogs of applicants.
