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Trump order halting refugee resettlement disrupting Minnesota agencies’ efforts

Trump order halting refugee resettlement disrupting Minnesota agencies’ efforts

Officials with refugee resettlement agencies in Minnesota say Trump’s executive order halting the Refugee Admissions Program is disrupting efforts to bring people facing strife in their home countries to the U.S. and to the state.
by Sarah Thamer

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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

U.S. throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota and other states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

Minnesota and other states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
by The Associated Press

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Ex-Georgia prosecutor on trial for hindering Ahmaud Arbery's murder investigation

Ex-Georgia prosecutor on trial for hindering Ahmaud Arbery's murder investigation

Former district attorney Jackie Johnson is accused of interfering with the police investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, nearly five years after he was murdered while jogging.
by Debbie Elliott

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Trump reinforces use of his 'Remain in Mexico' policy

Trump reinforces use of his 'Remain in Mexico' policy

The policy, which was created and implemented during the first Trump administration in 2019, resulted in tens of thousands of migrants waiting for extended periods in Mexico.
by Ximena Bustillo and Jasmine Garsd

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Trump to make historic move towards revoking birthright citizenship

Trump to make historic move towards revoking birthright citizenship

Trump wants to reinterpret the phrasing of the 14th Amendment to mean that the federal government would not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status.
by Ximena Bustillo

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Civil rights expert: How to bridge Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Trump’s inauguration

Civil rights expert: How to bridge Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Trump’s inauguration

Civil rights expert john a. powell, author of the recently published book “The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong,” addresses the dual occasions of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration day and how to bridge the two.
by Catharine Richert and Annie Baxter

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