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Policy To Bar Asylum-Seekers On Health Grounds Advances
Suzanne Monyak, Law360
The Trump administration is plowing forward with a proposal that would allow border officials to turn away asylum-seekers deemed a health risk, as the administration works to cement its immigrant restrictions before leaving office next month. The White House budget office completed its review on Friday of the proposed asylum changes, paving the way for the U.S. Department of Justice and the…
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Senate majority leader announces approximately $900 billion deal on emergency relief package
Jeff Stein and Mike DeBonis, Washington Post
Senate leadership announced a bipartisan deal on an approximately $900 billion economic relief package late Sunday afternoon that would deliver emergency aid to a faltering economy and a nation besieged by surging coronavirus cases. The deal would include stimulus payments for families in which one of the parents is not a citizen, but…
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Supreme Court won’t decide yet if Trump can exclude undocumented immigrants when allocating congressional seats
Robert Barnes, Washington Post
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a case challenging to President Trump’s authority to exclude undocumented immigrants when determining the size of each state’s congressional delegation, saying it was premature to decide the question at this point. The court’s unsigned opinion said the constitutional and legal questions…
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Biden picks Xavier Becerra as nominee for health and human services secretary
Amy Goldstein and Seu Ming Kim, Washington Post
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a critical position in the coalescing administration for which fighting the coronavirus pandemic looms as the most urgent mission once Biden takes office next month.
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