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Amid immigration reform, advocates call for changes to the US asylum system
Associated PressSEATTLE (AP) — As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home...Tags: Migration, College of William and Mary, Refugee, U.S. Congress, Pakistan
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Despite tight budgets, aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Oklahoma City area is already home to two of the costliest tornados in the last half a century, and Monday's devastating twister that hit just south of the city is likely to stress federal emergency dollars already under pressure from the...Tags: Barack Obama, Tornadoes, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, Budgets and Budgeting
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Obama: Nation to stand by Oklahoma survivors 'as long as it takes'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Tuesday assured the survivors of Oklahoma’s deadly tornado that the nation is “there for them” and that the government will keep its focus on the rescue effort as long as is needed. As emergency workers...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Tornadoes, Labor Legislation, Human Interest
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Prosecutor retaliated against Fast and Furious whistle-blower
WASHINGTON — The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle-blower in the Fast and Furious gun-smuggling scandal by leaking an internal report that suggested the whistle-blower once favored allowing illegal gun...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico, Firearms, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System
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'Our hearts are broken,' Oklahoma governor says of trapped kids
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin spoke directly to citizens in her devastated state Monday night, saying, 'We are looking under every single piece of debris” for the missing after a massive tornado ripped apart the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. “...
Tags: Barack Obama, Tornadoes, Health and Safety at School, Mary Fallin, Regional Authority
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After tornado, Obama offers support to Oklahoma governor
WASHINGTON--President Obama called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Monday evening to offer federal support for the communities hit by a devastating tornado, the White House said in a statement. Obama expressed his concern for those affected and offered all...Tags: Barack Obama, Health and Safety at School, Tornadoes, Mary Fallin, FEMA
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NWS: Okla. Tornado Had Winds up to 200 mph
The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., had wind speeds up to 200 mph. The weather service's preliminary classification of Monday afternoon's tornado was an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale. Authorities say emergency...
Tags: Barack Obama, Tornadoes, Mary Fallin, Natural Disasters, Politics
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Obama administration assures Oklahoma officials they'll have all help possible after tornado
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is assuring Oklahoma's governor that the Obama administration will provide all possible help to the state after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs. White House...Tags: Barack Obama, Tornadoes, Mary Fallin, Natural Disasters, Politics
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Communication could stop a con
The South Bend piece of the Ray Holycross case has now come to an end with a guilty plea and sentencing to 18 months in jail and to pay restitution. Holycross has now been convicted of theft but the story goes much deeper than that; he was able to gain...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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ICE freed over 600 criminal detainees
The Arizona Daily Star, TucsonA detainee found guilty of felony second-degree robbery and countless convictions for prostitution and solicitation for lewd conduct was among more than 300 people Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Phoenix released in February as part of...Tags: Criminals, Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John McCain
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Officials demand more information about proposed immigration detention center
Special to the TribuneJoliet City Councilman Jim McFarland wants to hear firsthand – and publicly – what Corrections Corp. of America plans to do if it builds an immigration detention center in Joliet. McFarland, who called for a public meeting to learn about...Tags: Migration, Joliet, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illegal Immigrants, Prisons
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Border fee study nixed in Washington
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.The House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday voted to remove a proposed federal study from border security legislation that would have examined instituting a fee for crossing the U.S.-Canadian border. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, said the fee,...Tags: National Security, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Brian Higgins
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