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Judge halts Iowa attempt to take action against illegal immigrants

A federal judge in Iowa halted the state’s effort to enforce its own immigration laws on Monday. The Iowa law would have allowed the state to file criminal charges against illegal immigrants who have outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the U.S. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher’s block on Read More

‘Week of disruption’: Arrests, injuries in Israel antigovernment protests

Thousands more to participate in nationwide demonstrations over Gaza war and the failure to negotiate the release of captives. Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government. At least nine people have been arrested during antigovernment protests in Jerusalem, with more demonstrations expected in the coming days Read More

Biden announces sweeping protections for migrant spouses of US citizens

President Biden on Tuesday is announcing new rules aimed to protect the migrant spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation. The Department of Homeland Security will implement a new policy to allow some migrants to apply for lawful permanent resident status, including the non-citizen spouses and children of lawful U.S. permanent residents or citizens, the administration Read More

‘Squad’ lawmaker in danger of losing primary as Dem-led attacks pile up

A progressive “Squad” Democrat could see his career in the House of Representatives end after New York’s congressional primaries next Tuesday. On one side of the contentious primary race in New York’s 16th Congressional District is Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., a former middle school principal who is backed by the progressive left, including self-described Democratic Read More

Trump targets House Freedom Caucus chair in intra-party Republican primary feud

As he fights for his political life, House Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Bob Good of Virginia is facing off against a primary challenger supported by the most powerful politician in the Republican Party – former President Trump. And the contentious intra-party battle in Virginia’s reliably red 5th Congressional District, in the southern part of the Read More