Envoy Boehler celebrates the progress in obtaining the release of U.S. citizens in foreign prisons. The State Department announced that Kuwait released an additional 10 American prisoners at…
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USDA Strengthens SNAP Eligibility Verification
New guidance directs states to enhance identity and immigration checks in response to Executive Order on benefit eligibility. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins directed Acting Deputy Under Secretary for…
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Federal Judge Blocks President’s Order on Voter Proof of Citizenship
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the Election Assistance Commission must stop its attempt to implement proof of citizenship for voter registration, blocking President Donald Trump’s executive…
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Supreme Court to Hear Rare May Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship Restriction
Takes on in-person emergency filing against president’s executive order. The Supreme Court has scheduled a rare May oral argument, extending its usual October to April argument season to…
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State Department Concerned Over U.S. Citizen’s Arrest in Thailand
He has been charged with insulting the nation’s monarchy and faces years-long sentences. The U.S. government expressed concerns over the arrest of American citizen Paul Chambers in Thailand…
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District Judge Temporarily Blocks End of Migrant Worker Parole Program
The order stops President Trump’s administration from ending the program that offered work permits. District Judge Indira Talwani temporarily blocked President Trump’s administration from ending an immigration program…
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American Citizen Released from Russian Detention in Prisoner Swap
The United Arab Emirates facilitated the exchange of detainees. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that U.S. citizen Ksenia Karelina was released from Russian detention after a…
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House Passes SAVE Act to Require Proof of Citizenship for Voters in Federal Elections
Representative Perez said, “I do not support noncitizens voting in American elections.” The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The legislation…
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District Courts Block Deportation of Venezuelans Held in NY and TX
The judges say they may be arrested, but due legal deportation process is required. Two district court judges blocked President Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelan men in Texas…
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Postal Worker Found Guilty of Stealing Mailed Checks
He stole over a million dollars in U.S. Treasury and private checks. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia reported that a former U.S. Postal worker…
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