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Politics
DACA is ruled unlawful by federal appeals court, but program continues for now
A federal appeals court has upheld a prior ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programenacted under President Barack Obama is…
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News
St. Louis seeking to boost population with Afghan refugees
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Inamullah Niazai sits on the front porch step of his red-brick St. Louis home and smiles…
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House Democrats pass Biden’s $1.85 trillion ‘Build Back Better’ plan
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats united around a landmark $1.85 trillion social spending and climate bill on Friday, sending the major…
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Politics
Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration renewed this week its efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who…
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News
Afghan refugees welcome here, city and county say
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Leaders of Missouri’s two urban areas have a message for refugees from Afghanistan: You are welcome…
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Politics
Ruling leaves immigrants who newly applied for DACA in limbo
NEW YORK (AP) — When the text message popped up on his phone, Samuel Alfaro didn’t want to believe it.…
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Politics
After ruling halts DACA immigration program, Biden vows appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Justice Department intended to appeal a federal judge’s ruling deeming illegal a program enacted…
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Featured
Honduran immigrant finally leaves church sanctuary to rejoin family
MAPLEWOOD • Honduran immigrant, husband and father of five Alex Garcia entered a church in Maplewood in 2017 to avoid immediate…
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Featured
Archbishop Rozanski addresses issues facing Catholic voters
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski has urged parishioners to consider abortion as the main moral issue…
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Coronavirus
Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students
BOSTON (AP) — Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the administration of President Donald Trump rescinded…
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Opinion
The Jaco Report, Ep. 30: No immigrants? No refugees? No economic growth
St. Louis’ sluggish, often stagnant economy has been made worse by President Donald Trump’s administration’s policy of choking off refugee…
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News
St. Louis is not ‘FULL!,’ two UMSL professors say to president
SKINKER-DEBALIVIERE – The president says the country’s “FULL!” and tells immigrants to go away. But two political science professors at…
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