SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Small business owners in San Diego, already subject to a federal border wall for years, say President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration across the Mexican border will kill jobs, choke the economy and stifle San Diego’s culture. The executive orders made last week direct federal funds toward the construction of […]
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International, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly on Tuesday participated in a media availability alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan, and DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Acting Undersecretary David Glawe to discuss the operational
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International, Middle East, USABy Morton A. Klein & Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — With Donald Trump in the White House, speculation is mounting: does he intend to act on his pre-election promise, dating back to January 2016, and reaffirmed both before (personally to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) and since his election, that he will transfer the US
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego), a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, was named as the Ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, which plays a key role in shaping higher education policy. “Higher education is the issue of our time,”
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USALA JOLLA, California (SDJW)– The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center evacuated preschoolers, members, and staff for an hour and 45 minutes Tuesday, Jan. 31, after receiving a telephoned bomb threat. It was one of multiple bomb threats phoned to JCC’s around the country. The threat was received at 9 a.m., and “after a careful sweep
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San Diego County, USABy Sam Ben-Meir JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — During President Trump’s first full week in office he has begun to dismantle America’s moral standing on the international stage. From his reconsideration of CIA ‘black sites’ to his insistence on vast voter fraud, to his inhumane ban on immigration from Muslim countries, Trump seems to be
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International, Middle East, Sam Ben-Meir, USADana Boente is the Acting Attorney General of the United States. But who is he? The 62-year-old was thrust into the national spotlight on Monday night when President Donald Trump fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general and a holdover from the Obama administration. When Yates declared earlier in the day that she would not
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Middle East, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — Of the many examples of the shameful degradation of values in academia, few are more intellectually grotesque than academic boycotts, which, in their present form, are almost exclusively targeted at Israeli scholars and institutions. In the latest example, at their January annual meeting the American Historical Association
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAMexico City (dpa) – Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize over a tweet backing the idea of a US-Mexico border wall, the Mexican broadcaster Televisa reported on Monday. “We hope that the Israeli government will have the sensitivity to correct Netanyahu’s statement,” he said. “Mexico is a
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International, Middle East, USADemocratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland slammed President Donald Trump for opting not to directly mention antisemitism in his Holocaust remembrance statement. While Trump acknowledged the gravity of the historic event and vowed to do all in his power to prevent another from happening in the future, Cardin said Monday he failed to highlight the
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Jewish History, USALOS ANGELES — The travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump has had a minor impact on U.S.-based airlines but has forced foreign airlines to scramble, even prompting one carrier to switch out a flight crew to comply with the action. Trump’s executive order to temporarily bar travelers from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia
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International, Middle East, Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON — The lawmaker who spurred Donald Trump’s sweeping temporary halt on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries says he told the soon-to-president last year that a so-called Muslim ban would be “borderline unconstitutional.” Rep. Mike McCaul, the Texas Republican who heads the House Committee on Homeland Security and a member of Trump’s national security advisory
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Middle East, USAA number of company chief executives, ranging from Starbucks Corp.’s Howard Schultz to Google’s Sundar Pichai, have spoken out about or taken action after President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on refugees. Trump signed a controversial executive order Friday that blocks all refugee entry for 120 days, with an indefinite block on Syrian refugee entry.
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — The legal morass created by President Donald Trump’s immigration order deepened Monday, with the government’s top lawyer instructing Justice Department attorneys not to defend the policy in court. Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama administration holdover serving until Trump’s nominee is installed, said in a letter released to reporters late Monday that
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