Poll Finds Wide Partisan Gaps On America's Biggest Problems
A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need to be fixed — and even then, they often don't agree on how to fix them.
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California Sanctuary Law Divides State In Fierce Immigration Debate
A new state law took effect earlier this year essentially making California a sanctuary state. It has split parts of the state into cities that comply with the law and those that are defying it.
To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs
"No one in our city should live in fear," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The Catholic archdiocese program is modeled on one in Dallas, which aims to alleviate immigrants' fears of police stops.
Thousands Could Be Deported As Government Targets Asylum Mills' Clients
In 2012, a Justice Department probe shut down law firms that helped Chinese asylum-seekers fabricate or inflate claims of persecution. The clients were left alone, but now 13,500 may have to leave.
Doctors With Criminal Records Examined Immigrants, Report Says
Internal investigators at DHS said 132 doctors employed to examine immigrants could pose health or safety risks. Before he was hired, one physician tried to recruit a hit man to kill a patient.
Federal Agents Board Buses 100 Miles From Border To Ask, Are You A U.S. Citizen?
U.S. Border Patrol agents are boarding buses and stopping cars from private lines like Greyhound and Concord Coach within 100 miles of a U.S. border, asking passengers if they're American citizens.
Spain Now Sees More Migrant Arrivals Than Any Other European Country
Far more immigrants and asylum-seekers are crossing the Spanish border than those entering other usual Mediterranean entry points Greece and Italy.
'Dear America,' Writes A Pulitzer-Winning Journalist — And Undocumented Immigrant
Jose Antonio Vargas' new book is a memoir about living in the U.S. as an "undocumented citizen" — a secret he himself didn't discover until he was 16.
Texas Judge Says DACA Is Probably Illegal, But Leaves It In Place
Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen had ended a similar Obama-era program, but he declined to halt DACA, saying the coalition of opposed states waited too long to bring their lawsuit.