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Immigration

• Immigration-sparked shutdown adds to court backlog
  With the government in limbo, immigration courts are unable to process many of the cases awaiting action.January 23, 2019
• Dueling Senate bills would end shutdown in different ways
  One vote will be on McConnell's own measure, which reflects Trump's offer to trade border wall funding for temporary protections for some immigrants. The second is set for a bill approved by the Democratic-controlled House reopening government through Feb. 8, with no wall money, to give bargainers time to talk.January 23, 2019
• Wilbur Ross to testify on Census citizenship question at House oversight hearing
  The commerce secretary has agreed to be questioned by lawmakers on March 14, after a federal judge ruled that his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census was based on "sham" reasons.January 22, 2019
• Senate set to vote on two competing plans to end shutdown
  The Senate will push forward with two votes this week to end the government shutdown -- but it's doubtful either will pass.January 22, 2019
• Progress report: President Trump's campaign promises, 2 years later
  At the midpoint of his four-year term, President Trump has delivered on some campaign promises and ignored others, while many are still works in progress.January 21, 2019
• 3 groups, many videos, many interpretations of DC encounter
  The videos posted to social media appear to illustrate a nation of such deep divisions -- racial, religious and ideological -- that no one was willing to listen to the others' point of view.January 21, 2019
• Shutdown goes on as Trump offer doesn't budge Democrats
  Trump offered on Saturday to temporarily extend protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for $5.7 billion for his border wall. But Democrats said the three-year proposal didn't go nearly far enough.January 21, 2019
• Watchdog: Many more migrant families may have been separated
  Government investigators say many more migrant children may have been separated from their parents than the Trump administration has acknowledged.January 17, 2019
• From travel to IPOs, how shutdown is upsetting U.S. economy
  While the hit to the overall economy so far remains slight, economist foresee real damage if the shutdown drags into February or beyond.January 16, 2019
• Congress prepares to skip planned recess if shutdown goes on
  President Trump is not backing off his demand to have Congress provide $5.7 billion to build his promised border wall with Mexico. Democrats say they will discuss border security once the government has reopened, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi is refusing money for the wall they view as ineffective and immoral.January 16, 2019
• Government shutdown leads to a spike in canceled immigration hearings
  The backlog of more than 800,000 immigration cases awaiting hearings, which has grown almost 50 percent under the Trump administration, is forecast to grow even larger.January 15, 2019
• Clinics struggle to resolve fears over Medicaid sign-ups and green cards
  Should doctors warn patients of a policy threat that may not come to pass? That's the question pending, as the Trump administration weighs whether to deny green cards to immigrants on Medicaid.January 15, 2019
• Where does illegal immigration mostly occur? Here's what the data tell us
  The Trump administration says there is a national security crisis at the Southern border. But most people in the country illegally didn't sneak across the border; they overstayed their visas.January 11, 2019
• Border Patrol agent pleads not guilty to killing 4 sex workers
  Juan David Ortiz, a supervisor in the U.S. Border Patrol, wanted to "clean the streets," he says. Ortiz is accused of killing four women, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.January 11, 2019
• With Trump at the border, a look back at U.S. immigration policy
  President Trump continues his quest to curb illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. One expert says there have always been ebbs and flows to how welcoming the U.S. is to immigrants.January 11, 2019

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