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https://www.yahoo.com/news/jury-reaches-verdict-us-senator-163816948.html

US Senator Menendez convicted at corruption trial, cementing political downfall NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday at his corruption trial by a jury in Manhattan federal court, completing the once-powerful New Jersey Democrat's dramatic downfall. Menendez, 70, had pleaded not guilty to 16 criminal charges including bribery, acting as a foreig...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cheers-mike-parson-rejecting-ag-132612018.html

Cheers, Mike Parson. Rejecting AG Bailey’s shameful stunt shows GOP how to beat MAGA | Opinion Missouri’s governor is right: The state’s highest law enforcement officer has no business defending three state senators who put a target on an innocent man. | Opinion

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-mexico-boost-deportation-flights-143120819.html

U.S. and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include tougher enforcement on railways, buses and in airports as well as increased repatriation flights for migrants from both the U.S. and Mexico. Biden a...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-prosecutors-wont-retry-75-214500174.html

State prosecutors won't retry 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting unarmed migrant State prosecutors said Monday they will not seek to retry 75-year-old George Alan Kelly, the Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. “Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surrounding this case, the Santa County Attor...

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https://apnews.com/article/texas-migrant-arrests-court-ruling-3bcded91620cbd9686575caa6bcac203

https://www.yahoo.com/news/study-reveals-personality-traits-associated-104529361.html

New Study Reveals The Personality Traits Associated With Dementia Risk Research suggests certain characteristics may be linked with the disease. Here's why, and what you can do about it.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-era-tax-cuts-set-160750197.html

Trump Era Tax Cuts Are Set To Expire — Here’s How Much More You’ll Pay When 2025 draws to a close, so will many of the sweeping Trump-era GOP tax breaks established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017. While the legislation made some tax cuts to corporate profit...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hampshire-man-had-no-car-051307346.html

New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions Geoffrey Holt was unassuming as the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, where he lived a simple, but curious life. “He seemed to have what he wanted, but he didn’t want much,” said Edwin “Smokey” Smith, Holt’s best friend and former employer. “I don’t think an...

https://news.yahoo.com/border-crossings-venezuelan-drop-biden-174012429.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Border crossings by Venezuelans drop after Biden starts deportations The number of Venezuelans crossing the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully dropped by 46% in October, when the Biden administration started deportations to Venezuela.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1191638114/fentanyl-smuggling-migrants-mexico-border-drugs

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-citizenship-test-changes-coming-060440913.html

US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalization test is one of the final steps toward citizenship — a monthslong process that requires legal permanent residency for ye...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/good-news-tax-delinquents-supreme-093000540.html

Good news for tax delinquents: The Supreme Court just made a ruling in their favor “The court’s ruling makes clear that home equity theft is not only unjust, but unconstitutional.”

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/claudine-gay-rise-harvard-president-220524582.html

Claudine Gay’s rise to Harvard president is ‘therapy’ for Haitian Americans | Guest Opinion Harvard’s newest president the daughter of Haitian immigrants who worked hard, believed in education.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/budweiser-says-it-will-give-unused-qatar-world-cup-beer-to-tournament-winner-11669137576?siteid=yhoof2

Budweiser says it will award unconsumed Qatar beer to the World Cup winner Anheuser-Busch InBev plans to ship the World Cup winner its surplus suds.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/residents-green-cards-now-one-200349901.html

Residents with green cards now have one less hurdle during U.S. citizenship process The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced an update to its Policy Manual.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-us-citizens-naturalizations-2022/?utm_campaign=HubSpot-AILA8-12-07-2022&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=237070391&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BJXPHXj2bDGe1kalq9uNIjGQBhtaekatdL5_wIcZCcanND7pJr0TF-WkhtWgsZClucDPhSI9jX50FXG-H5VRPl3_FXQ&utm_content=237070391&utm_source=hs_email

Nearly 1 million immigrants became U.S. citizens in past year, the 3rd highest tally on record The number of adult immigrants who became U.S. citizens was only greater in 1996 and 2008, when 1,040,991 and 1,046,539 adults were naturalized.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-immigration-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-legislature-6e5aabee7eebfa454e8e1eeef16ce795

Arizona measure gives non-citizens in-state college tuition PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters have approved an initiative to extend cheaper in-state college tuition to some non-citizen students, cheering supporters who hope the measure’s passage Monday will help spark momentum for wider immigration reform in Congress.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrant-survivors-west-texas-shooting-132710833.html

Migrant survivors of West Texas shooting detained by ICE One migrant is dead, another is wounded and at least seven others are languishing in detention three weeks after twin brothers allegedly opened fire on them in the Texas desert, claiming they mistook them for wild hogs during a hunting trip. The case has caused outrage among advocates for the victim...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-sign-microchips-bill-advocates-100127531.html

Biden to sign microchips bill, which advocates say is 'incomplete' without immigration Biden will sign a bill that would boost domestic manufacturing of computer chips. Some advocates say the bill is incomplete without immigration.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greta-thunberg-and-al-gore-react-as-climate-change-bakes-europe-with-record-heat-183215009.html

Greta Thunberg and Al Gore react as climate change bakes Europe with record heat Greta Thunberg and Al Gore, two of the world's leading voices in the fight against climate change, reacted Tuesday to the record-setting heat wave and wildfires gripping Europe.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/polls-show-tight-race-race-193236175.html

Polls show tight race race between Abbott and O'Rourke Gov. Greg Abbott's top strategist says the governor will seek to link Democrat Beto O'Rourke to President Joe Biden as the race heads toward November.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-biden-may-end-141609750.html

Supreme Court: Biden may end Trump-era 'remain in Mexico' policy for migrants The Supreme Court case involved one of the last major immigration policies held over from the Trump era: A mandate that asylum seekers wait in Mexico.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-calls-migrant-deaths-horrifying-153757684.html

Biden calls migrant deaths 'horrifying and heartbreaking' President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the deaths of migrants who were in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas was “horrifying and heartbreaking." "While we are still learning all the facts about what happened and the Department of Homeland Security has the lead for the investigation, initial rep...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-gop-governor-candidate-ryan-kelley-arrested-by-fbi-for-jan-6-role-155442007.html

FBI arrests Ryan Kelley, GOP candidate for Michigan governor, for his role in Capitol riot Ryan Kelley, a Republican candidate for governor in Michigan, was arrested Thursday morning for his role in participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-children-immigrants-ones-getting-100001169.html

Why the Children of Immigrants Are the Ones Getting Ahead in America In April 2020, the New York Times ran a special feature called “I Am the Portrait of Downward Mobility.” “It used to be a given that each American generation would do better than the last,” the piece began, “but social mobility has been slowing over time.” In paging through the profiles,...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/justices-limit-federal-court-review-170450421.html

Justices limit federal court review of some deportations A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials' decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.” The court ruled 5-4 against Georgia resident Pankajkumar...

https://immigrationimpact.com/2022/05/11/uscis-work-permit-automatic-extension/?emci=c2e2b55e-ffd2-ec11-b656-281878b8c32f&emdi=ba584c5b-57d4-ec11-b656-281878b8c32f&ceid=10261910

USCIS Lengthens Work Permit Automatic Extension Period to Address Adjudication Delays U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a rule that automatically extends employment authorization for certain immigrants..