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Supreme Court Stops Deposition Of Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross In Census Citizenship Question
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Supreme Court Stops Deposition Of Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross In Census Citizenship Question

Even though Ross’s memo contradicts his and DOJ testimony, Supreme Court says Sec Ross will not have to testify in the challenge to the 2020 census citizenship question, which threatens to undercount immigrants in the…

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Trump Threatens to Shoot Migrants Fleeing US-Fueled Violence and Instability
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Trump Threatens to Shoot Migrants Fleeing US-Fueled Violence and Instability

While Donald Trump deploys troops to the Mexico border and orders them to shoot immigrants who throw rocks, many people in this migrant caravan in fact already fled US government-fueled violence in Central America. Eduardo…

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Trump Threatens 15,000 Troops Amid Unprecedented Militarization of U.S.-Mexico Border
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Trump Threatens 15,000 Troops Amid Unprecedented Militarization of U.S.-Mexico Border

Just days before the midterms, President Trump is threatening to send up to 15,000 troops to the US-Mexico border in response to a caravan of Central American migrants. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help…

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Central American Migrants Face Risk of Going Missing in Mexico
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Central American Migrants Face Risk of Going Missing in Mexico

Migrants making the journey on foot to the US from Central America often run the risk of disappearing. Many drug cartels operate between Mexico City and the US border, exposing migrants to many dangers. Visit…

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Central American Migrants Arrive in Tijuana, Mexico
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Central American Migrants Arrive in Tijuana, Mexico

Tensions are rising in the Mexican city of Tijuana after the arrival of thousands of migrants from Central America. Most hope to apply for asylum in the US, but the procedure is slow and Mexican…

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ICE Holds Record Number of Immigrants, Including 14,000 Children
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ICE Holds Record Number of Immigrants, Including 14,000 Children

Over 44,000 immigrants are being held by a system that is increasingly privatized, while a humanitarian crisis is looming at the border Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at…

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Judge Overturns Trump’s ‘Catastrophic’ Asylum Ban
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Judge Overturns Trump’s ‘Catastrophic’ Asylum Ban

A federal judge ruled that Trump’s ban on asylum applications from those who do not enter the US at a legal port of entry is in complete contravention to US and international law. Angelo Guisado…

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Tijuana Moves Central American Migrants to New Shelter
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Tijuana Moves Central American Migrants to New Shelter

Torrential rain and unsanitary conditions have forced Central American migrants camped at a partly flooded sports complex to move to a new shelter. Though the old shelter was within sight of the US border, the…

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Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump’s Oval Office Address
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Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump’s Oval Office Address

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivers a response to President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Tuesday night on the shutdown and the President’s demand for funding for a wall Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and…

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What Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, and Tony Soprano Have in Common – Comment on Trumps Speech
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What Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, and Tony Soprano Have in Common – Comment on Trumps Speech

Gerald Horne and Paul Jay discuss Donald Trump’s address to the nation on the wall and border security Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…

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Trump Foreign Policy Making Refugee Crisis Worse
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Trump Foreign Policy Making Refugee Crisis Worse

Cesar Vargas of Dream Action Coalition and Helena Olea of Alianza Americas discuss Donald Trump’s address to the nation on the wall and border security – with Paul Jay Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and…

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End Trump’s Deportation Terror to Raise Wages
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End Trump’s Deportation Terror to Raise Wages

Dr. Susan Pozo, the former president of The American Society of Hispanic Economists, responds to Trump’s accusation that illegal immigration lowers wages – with Paul Jay Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our…

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Judge: Providing Water to Dying Immigrants in Desert is a Crime
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Judge: Providing Water to Dying Immigrants in Desert is a Crime

In Tucson, Arizona, a US Magistrate handed guilty verdicts against four No More Deaths activists, who were leaving water for border crossers, along the US-Mexico border. The activist group calls the decision a retaliation for…

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Trump’s State of Union Stokes Fear With Nationalist Rhetoric
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Trump’s State of Union Stokes Fear With Nationalist Rhetoric

The President’s State of he Union speech demanded an end to investigations, while demonizing immigrants and Venezuela, and attacking abortion rights. Our panelists Jacqueline Luqman, Eugene Puryear, and Helena Olea discuss the speech Visit https://therealnews.com…

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ICE Entraps Foreign Students: Not New, but Immigration Criminalization is Intensifying
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ICE Entraps Foreign Students: Not New, but Immigration Criminalization is Intensifying

While the Trump administration is continuing many of the anti-immigrant policies of the Clinton and Obama administration, his efforts to criminalize all immigrants represents a new twist, says Prof. Aviva Chomsky Visit https://therealnews.com for more…

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Robert Reich: Closing the Border to Mexico is “Insane”
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Robert Reich: Closing the Border to Mexico is “Insane”

$1.5 billion dollars per day cross the US-Mexico border and closing it, as Trump has proposed would be “cataclysmic,” says former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, whom Laura Carlsen interviewed in Mexico Subscribe to our page…

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Trump Using Refugees as Pawns and Public Policy for Vengeance
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Trump Using Refugees as Pawns and Public Policy for Vengeance

San Francisco District Attorney candidate Chesa Boudin calls Trump a coward and a bully who should be held legally accountable Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content…

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Harsh Conditions in German Refugee Camps
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Harsh Conditions in German Refugee Camps

In Germany, there’s growing criticism of the so-called ‘holding and processing centres’ where migrants are sent when they first arrive in the country. Migrants say that conditions inside are horrific. Subscribe to our page and…

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Asylum Seekers Face Illegal Deterrent Policies In Spite of Judge’s Ruling
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Asylum Seekers Face Illegal Deterrent Policies In Spite of Judge’s Ruling

With Trump promising to “go in a tougher direction” with his replacement for DHS head, what can Trump legally do to go in that direction in light of the recent ruling against his “wait in…

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Emboldened by Mueller Report, Trump Stages Border Drama
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Emboldened by Mueller Report, Trump Stages Border Drama

Trump hands even more aggressive border policy to Stephen Miller, and uses border controversy to bury more aggressive action against Iran. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…

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Cut Military Aid, Not Humanitarian Aid, to Reduce Refugee Numbers
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Cut Military Aid, Not Humanitarian Aid, to Reduce Refugee Numbers

Trump’s announcement to cut humanitarian aid to Central America will not have much effect. It’s the military aid that reinforces brutality in Guatemala and Honduras, says Prof. Adrienne Pine Subscribe to our page and support…

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