Some 175 immigrants were approved for citizenship even though their names weren’t properly run through the FBI’s name-check databases, potentially missing red flags that may have disqualified them from naturalization, the Obama administration admitted this weekend. Homeland Security officials blamed computer code for the problem, which affected about 15,000 applications in total. The problem was […]
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Mexican migration to the U.S. is in decline. The Pew Hispanic Research Center has found that since 2009, more than one million native-born Mexicans living in the U.S. returned to Mexico. But many other Mexicans never crossed the U.S.-Mexican border in the first place. Why are some Mexican
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International, USASen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who was a member of the so-called Gang of Eight senators who forged a bipartisan immigration reform measure, says he will not be part of a new bipartisan group attempting to protect DREAMers should President-elect Donald Trump rescind President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration. Obama established the deferred Action for
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International, USAThe Obama administration bowed Sunday to protesters by pulling its previously issued permit for the Dakota Access pipeline, leaving the company unable to complete the project for now and pushing the headache to the Trump administration. The decision announced by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe calls for E nergy Transfer Partners to reroute the 1,172-mile,
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USAKeith Ellison WASHINGTON – The Democratic National Committee is having a big problem finding a new face to fill its critical vacancy as chairman in the wake of its loss of the presidency and its continued minority role in both houses of Congress in 2016. U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first black Muslim ever
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Middle East, USAOutgoing US Secretary State John Kerry expressed disappointment Sunday that his efforts over the past four years have not put an end to the construction of homes in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Speaking at the Saban Forum, Kerry said that Israel is “heading to a place of danger” and that the chances for
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Middle East, USAClinton campaign manager Robby Mook on Sunday blamed the Democratic presidential nominee’s loss primarily on the letters from FBI Director James Comey regarding her secret email server. Mr. Mook said the letters – particularly the Oct. 28 letter to Congress saying the FBI was reviewing newly emerged emails – were an “incredibly powerful force” that
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USAWelcome to Newsweek’s daily rundown of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition process. There are about 4,000 positions to fill, and we’ll be keeping track of appointees through the January 20 inauguration. Donald Trump’s transition team expects the president-elect to nominate someone for the secretary of state post within the next two weeks, although the field of
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USAOAKLAND, Calif. �� The death toll from the fire that raced through an Oakland warehouse during a concert rose to 30 Sunday as searchers continued to sift through the ruins of one of the deadliest fires in modern California history. The search for victims could take two more days, leaving in limbo friends and family
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USADonald Trump really, really hates Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of him. The president-elect of the United States and the actor got into another tiff this weekend over Twitter after Trump again used his favorite micro-blogging site to criticize “Saturday Night Live’s” portrayal of him as a feckless, disinterested vulgarian. “Just tried watching Saturday Night Live—unwatchable! Totally
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAlec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” to reprise his role as Donald Trump, mocking the president-elect’s prolific Twitter habits in the show’s opening skit. It took just 45 minutes for Trump, on Twitter, to respond. “Just tried watching Saturday Night Live — unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can’t get
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON, December 04, 2016 – Sarah Palin, a public supporter of the President-elect, lashed out against Donald Trump’s recent deal with Carrier to keep a plant in Indiana and nearly 1,000 jobs for US workers. The former Alaska governor wrote an op-ed piece for Young Conservatives called the recent deal ‘crony capitalism.’ Palin wrote, “When
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USALOS ANGELES—Following his appointment as the next Treasury secretary by President-elect Donald Trump, California banker Steven Mnuchin has resigned from his board position at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs partner and one-time co-chairman of the troubled Relativity Media studio, joined the Board of Trustees of the museum in
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USAAs Julius Caesar once said: ”It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” Today, we all make decisions quickly, snap judgements in the heat of the moment based on our biases and instincts, and not necessarily on the full facts.
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