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Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown
President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, ...
A Chicagoan’s journey through incarceration, deportation and the fight for ‘A New Path’
Erick vividly remembers stepping off a plane at the Texas-Mexico border, shackled, when he was deported in 2013. The group he was with was marched single-file across the border to Matamoros, Mexico, ...
Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa citing country’s land expropriation law
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that ...
Senate GOP unveils $340B budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stalls
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are working overtime after a lengthy White House meeting to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for a big budget package that includes some $3 trillion in tax ...
US employers added 143,000 jobs in solid but unspectacular January hiring, jobless rate fell to 4%
January hiring was narrow. Healthcare (44,000 new jobs), retail (34,000) and government (32,000) together accounted for 77% ...
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Ottawa woman gets 8 years for setting house on fire on Thanksgiving
An Ottawa woman pleaded guilty to setting a Thanksgiving Day fire that damaged an Ottawa residence, though no one was injured ...
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Federal prisons to house ICE detainees as Trump furthers immigration crackdown
The federal Bureau of Prisons is accepting into their facilities thousands of immigrants detained by the Homeland Security ...