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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama by Republicans as well as members of his own party, the House of Representatives ignored a veto threat Thursday and overwhelmingly approved Republican legislation erecting fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the United States. Dozens of
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A Syrian family that fled the war-torn country in 2011 was welcomed Wednesday to its new home of Connecticut after Indiana officials objected to plans for the refugees to resettle in their state. The married couple and their 5-year-old son had been living as refugees in
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday questioned the feasibility of giving preference to Christian Syrian refugees trying to enter the country, as some of his rivals have suggested in the wake of the Paris attacks. Speaking to reporters before a rally in Worcester, Massachusetts, Trump suggested
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Paris attacks are rapidly weakening U.S. support for bringing in thousands more Syrian refugees, as pressure grows in Congress and the Republican presidential campaign to reverse course and governors once open to resettlement try to shut their states' doors. President Barack Obama held firm to
Immigration
GIBINA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia on Wednesday began erecting a razor-wire fence along its border with Croatia to control the influx of migrants, as European and African leaders gathered in Malta to seek long-term solutions to the flow of people making their way across Europe. A convoy of army trucks carrying
Immigration
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is predicting that 3 million more migrants could arrive in the 28-nation bloc by the end of next year, with the refugee emergency already providing a stern test of EU capacities to offer shelter and welcome. More than 700,000 people have come to Europe
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LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A garbage-strewn hillside on this Greek island has become the European Union's testing ground for a new fast-track registration process for migrants. If it works, authorities plan rapid expansion to other refugee "hotspots" struggling to cope with the influx of hundreds of thousands
Immigration
How immigrants impact the American economy is a question open to, often fierce, debate. Do immigrants take American jobs or complement American workers? Do they contribute to our fiscal coffers or drain them by over-consuming benefits? Although these important questions are unlikely to be answered definitively any time in the
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