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Republicans expected to abandon $1B security proposal for White House and Trump’s ballroom

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom on Thursday after members of their own party questioned the timing and the lack of detail in the Secret Service request. Pressured by the White House, Republicans have … Read more

Thousands of asylum-seekers abandon their cases as ICE seeks to deport them to nations they aren’t from

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Willian Yacelga Benalcazar’s asylum case followed what had become a similar pattern in immigration courts across the country: After telling a judge he feared returning to his home country, the judge ordered his deportation to another one.  Yacelga, who said he fled threats from criminal gangs in Ecuador, was facing removal to Honduras. By March, … Read more