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Trump in-laws promote thorny visa-for-sale program in China

WASHINGTON (AP) — Plenty can go wrong when foreign money mixes with immigration green cards, real estate deals and political connections. Revelations that the sister of Jared Kushner, President Donald...

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AP Exclusive: US digs for evidence of Haiti immigrant crimes

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Trump administration weighs extending humanitarian protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants, officials are digging for unusual information: How many have been convicted...

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Kushner firm apologizes for reference to White House ties

WASHINGTON (AP) — Plenty can go wrong when foreign money mixes with immigration green cards, real estate deals and political connections. Revelations that the sister of Jared Kushner, President Donald...

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Immigration agents aid in arrests of accused gang members

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration agents have helped arrest more than 1,300 accused gang members across the United States in the last six weeks, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday. The...

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MS-13 gang targeted in pre-dawn sweep across Los Angeles

The raids are part of a multi-agency case led by the FBI that started in 2014. More than half of those arrested and charged are in the country illegally. It was unclear how long they had been in the...

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US to extend protections for Haitians 6 months

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will extend until January a humanitarian program that has allowed roughly 58,000 Haitians to live in the United States, but it is hinting that...

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Electronics banned in cabins of U.S.-bound flights from 8 nations

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight other countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics in...

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It won’t be from sea to sea; how long will border wall be?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House insists that plans for President Donald Trump’s border wall are on track despite resistance from Congress. What it’s not saying is how it envisions the wall these...

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AP FACT CHECK: The record behind Trump’s Cabinet preening

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump preened before his Cabinet and the cameras on Monday, making claims that are unsupported by the record. A sampling from a portion of the Cabinet meeting opened...

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AP fact check: The trophies in Trump’s display Cabinet

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump showed off a few too many trophies in his display Cabinet. Trump opened part of a Cabinet meeting to the press Monday and filled that time with self-congratulation...

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DHS chief hints laptop ban may not be extended right now

WASHINGTON (AP) — It may not be necessary to expand a ban on laptops and other large electronics in the cabins of many international flights into the United States right now, Homeland Security...

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Admin revokes blocked program to protect immigrant parents

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Obama-era immigration program intended to protect parents of U.S. citizens and legal residents from deportation has been formally cancelled, fulfilling a key campaign promise from...

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Fate of program to protect young immigrants still undecided

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it still has not decided the fate of a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation, despite a statement a day...

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Poll: Courts are right in blocking Trump’s travel ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say federal courts are acting properly in blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...

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Poll: Courts are right in blocking Trump’s travel ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say federal courts are acting properly in blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...

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Poll: Courts are right in blocking Trump’s travel ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say federal courts are acting properly in blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...

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US to issue more temporary worker visas this summer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department has decided to offer extra visas for temporary, seasonal workers, a department spokesman said Wednesday. DHS spokesman David Lapan said Homeland...

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Trump slashes grant for group combatting white extremism

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday slashed $400,000 in federal funding for one of the few U.S. groups that combat white extremism but denied it is now focusing only on fighting...

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Few answers on travel ban as launch deadline looms

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration expects to launch a limited version of its travel ban on six mostly Muslim countries on Thursday, but has yet to say how it will be implemented or what it...

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US demands more security on international flights to US

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of...

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