Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected on Sunday a right-wing party’s attempt to scrap a pact allowing the free movement of people from the European Union, opting for stability amid the economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The blind spot in the immigration debate
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The change in immigration policy that could most affect the US' long-term economic growth is at risk of falling out of the debate as the congressional maneuvering over the volatile issue intensifies. With Republica...
5 things to know for February 18: Texas, Covid-19, immigration, Limbaugh, Facebook
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Ecuador votes for president as voters lean toward socialism
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QuitoEcuadoreans choose a new president on Sunday, with many voters weary of painful economic austerity measures and eager for a return to socialism, encouraging left-wing candidate Andres Arauz who hopes to win with...
Trump lays last-minute land mines for Biden on immigration: ‘Anything to make it difficult’
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Days from the end of Donald Trump's term, his administration rushed to push through possible legal land mines to make President Joe Biden's goal of immigration reform more difficult. Biden has outlined an ambitious ...
Biden to start fast on immigration with DACA, border wall and travel ban
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President-elect Joe Biden will kick off his term by rolling out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration policies. Biden outlined an ambitious immigration agenda o...
Biden to propose sweeping immigration bill on first day in office
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President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a comprehensive immigration plan on his first day in office, a source familiar with the proposal tells CNN, describing an agenda that provides a multi-year pathway to citizenshi...
Trump extends immigration restrictions, citing pandemic’s impact on labor market
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President Donald Trump extended certain restrictions on legal immigration and on visas that allow immigrants to temporarily work in the United States on Thursday, just hours before those restrictions were set to lap...
Trump administration tries to push last-minute immigration limits
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With Inauguration Day nearing, there's added urgency within the Trump administration to ram through any last-minute policies that would limit immigration to the United States, according to multiple sources. For ins...
Dean at Virginia university resigns after alleged Facebook post calling Biden voters ‘anti-American’ and ‘anti-Christian’
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Paul Ewell, the now former dean of the Virginia Wesleyan University Global Campus, resigned from both his deanship and his faculty post after allegedly writing a Facebook post on his since-deleted account that refer...
Organizers look to build off momentum and turn out a new batch of young voters in Georgia’s runoffs
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Rebecca Spoor was too young to vote in the general election. The 17-year-old Georgian thought she would have to wait until the next election cycle to cast her first ballot. But now, with her state's runoff elections...
How Black voters and simmering protests contributed to Trump’s loss
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Washington "Trump: You're fired! Democracy saved! Thanks, Black voters!" So reads a poster at Washington's Black Lives Matter Plaza, across from the White House. Arch and overflowing with spirit, the sign nods to the...
An HBCU grad galvanized voters in Georgia and another one is making history as vice president-elect
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Before Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams broke barriers in the country's political landscape, they thrived at historically Black colleges and universities. Students and alumni from HBCUs around the country are celebr...