Category: undocumented immigrants
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The new U.S refugee policy for minority South Africans: Explained
The story so far: The first contingent of 59 Afrikaner refugees arrived from in the United States on May 12, under a new policy that promotes the resettlement of Afrikaners, a white minority group in South Africa, who President Donald Trump has alleged are facing racial discrimination in their home country. The refugees arrived via…
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Trump is digging up old immigration policies to help his crackdown. Here’s a timeline for how we got here
President Donald Trump wasted no time enacting his immigration crackdown after being inaugurated for a second term. On the campaign trail, he promised mass deportations and more arrests — and to do it, he’s resurrecting old policies. Immigration policy being at the forefront of politics is nothing new. From the nation’s founding to modern day,…
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Republicans’ Sweeping Domestic Policy Bill Is in Peril
President Trump said his administration would soon send letters to many countries dictating the terms of U.S. trade with them. Speaking in the United Arab Emirates, Trump said there were “150 countries that want to make a deal, but you’re not able to see that many countries.” Instead, he said, in the next two to…
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Tracking Trump: Why the White House made a deal with China; birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court; RFK Jr. on the Hill; and more
1 Qatar feted President Donald Trump with a state dinner on the second day of his Middle East trip. On the menu: Trump appealed for help with the “perilous situation” with Iran — a close Qatar ally. Trump wants a new nuclear deal with Iran. More deals take flight: Trump signed an agreement for Qatar…
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‘The most corrupt thing a president has ever done’
Good morning, Early Birds. So, is Pete Rose going to get into the Hall of Fame? Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. In today’s edition … we examine the ethics behind Trump’s crypto meme coin … update you on a small business impacted by tariffs … you give us your thoughts…
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Live Updates: Trump Will Lift Sanctions on Syria and Meet With Its Leader
DOGE removed dozens of contracts from its list of savings after they were resurrected. Image Elon Musk at a cabinet meeting in the White House last month.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is no longer claiming credit for killing dozens of federal contracts after The New York Times…
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Medicaid, taxes and climate change, oh my!
Good morning, Early Birds. Does anyone want to offer us a free plane? Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. In today’s edition … Trump makes his first planned overseas trip to Saudi Arabia … Pete Buttigieg is back in Iowa … but first … The big markups Republicans are diving into…
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Trump gives commencement address at University of Alabama
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to nominate Michael Waltz as ambassador to the United Nations, hours after reports emerged that he would be replacing Waltz in his current position as national security adviser. Trump, meanwhile, spoke at a National Day of Prayer event at the White House before heading to the University…
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David Horowitz, ’60s radical turned right-wing firebrand and critic of Islam, dies at 86
A self-described agnostic Jew who wrote in 2016 that he had never been to Israel, he nonetheless became one of the fiercest critics of Democrats, claiming that he had “empowered” Israel’s enemies. By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA MAY 1, 2025 02:46 David Horowitz speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C., Feb. 12, 2011. (photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia via…
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Are Trump’s Actions Truly Unprecedented? We Asked 35 Historians.
The start of President Trump’s second term has been called unprecedented. How accurate is that description? We asked presidential historians to come up with comparisons for major Trump administration actions — if they could. Not all historians agreed on each issue, and every presidential administration operates in a different time, with different norms and expectations.…
