Immigration
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GOP Senator Who Voted to Overturn Election Blocks Mayorkas Confirmation
The Missouri senator says he doesn’t agree with Alejandro Mayorkas about stopping construction on the border wall.
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Biden Reportedly Will Propose Eight-Year Citizenship Path for Immigrants
The president-elect’s bill aims to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities.
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My Favorite Stories of 2020: NC In All Its Complicated Splendor
Politics and pandemics, it was a difficult and confounding year. Here’s a look inside my top stories of 2020 in NC.
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This Woman Came to the US for a Better Life. She Says ICE’s Abuse Awaited Her Instead.
Elizabeth was detained when her baby was just 4 months old. She is part of a class-action petition and complaint that includes 14 women who claim they suffered medical abuse while in immigration custody.
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Biden: I Will Create a Task Force to Reunite 545 Children With Families on Day One
The Trump administration separated thousands of children from their families at the border between 2017 and 2018, and 545 children remain without their families.
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545 Undocumented Children Are Orphans Because of Trump
The missing parents are from Trump’s 2017 pilot program to separate families at the border.
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Trump Administration Ramps Up ICE Raids Ahead of the Election
Two unnamed ICE officials told the Washington Post that the increase in raids were more about politics than enforcement, as President Donald Trump has repeatedly condemned so-called sanctuary cities.
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Trump Administration Knew What It Was Doing With Its Child-Separation Policy, Watchdog Report Says
A draft report from the Justice Department’s inspector general revealed that Jeff Sessions and others encouraged the “zero-tolerance” policy that separated more than 4,000 children from their families at the US-Mexico border.
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Biden Plans to Increase Immigration Again. This Could Be the Economic Boost the US Needs.
The Trump administration has slashed immigration. Bipartisan experts—and Biden—say boosting immigration will stimulate the economy at a time when the United States needs it most.
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My Parents Are Undocumented Immigrants. I’m Voting in North Carolina Because They Can’t.
A first-generation American and NC community college student tells us why immigrant rights and women’s rights are driving her to vote.
