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How Trump’s immigration crackdown is affecting everyday Americans, according to a new AP-NORC poll

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Most U.S. adults say the United States is no longer a great place for immigrants, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as about one-third of Americans report knowing someone impacted by the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement.

Cambodian man deported by the US to Eswatini is being repatriated, his lawyer says

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A Cambodian man deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program was released on Wednesday to be repatriated after spending five months in detention at a maximum-security prison with other deportees, his lawyer said.

Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time

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The Food and Drug Administration’s embattled vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency—the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after controversial decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases.

WA Attorney General Brown co-leads legal filing to help defend birthright citizenship in U.S. Supreme Court

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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is co-leading a legal filing to help defend birthright citizenship—established in the landmark 1898 case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark—against the Trump administration at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Democratic senators, WA Sec. of State Hobbs speak out against Trump ahead of State of the Union address

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Several Democratic senators and their guests, including Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, spoke out against President Donald Trump’s policies and Republicans’ pending legislative actions in advance of Trump’s State of the Union address at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24.

US will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns

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The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Cambodia, Thailand, Afghanistan, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.