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Social Issues

Border residents remain skeptical about the need for an expanded wall

Border residents remain skeptical about the need for an expanded wall

Residents along the Southern border with Mexico are not convinced that a longer and strengthened barrier will have much of an impact on their own safety and on border security.
by Mónica Ortiz Uribe

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Two Minnesota attorneys' trip to the border captures 18-hour standoff with officials

Two Minnesota attorneys' trip to the border captures 18-hour standoff with officials

People seeking asylum on the U.S. border with Mexico often go without legal representation -- and are turned away. So two Minnesota attorneys took a trip to the southern border in December to represent those asylum seekers.
by Riham Feshir

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'Bye-bye': Trump walks out of White House meeting with Democrats about shutdown

'Bye-bye': Trump walks out of White House meeting with Democrats about shutdown

President Trump abruptly ended spending talks Wednesday after congressional Democrats rejected his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall. A partial government shutdown stretched into its 19th day.
by Scott Horsley and Kelsey Snell

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'Kim's Convenience' is a sitcom about Asian immigrants -- with depth

'Kim's Convenience' is a sitcom about Asian immigrants -- with depth

The Canadian television show, which centers around a Korean immigrant family in Toronto, is the country's first to have an all-Asian lead cast. Season 3 debuted Tuesday on the CBC, while the first two seasons are available on Netflix in the U.S.
by Ashley Westerman

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7 takeaways from President Trump's Oval Office address

7 takeaways from President Trump's Oval Office address

For all the formality of an Oval Office address, the partial shutdown is no closer to being over, and Democrats and Republicans are living in very different worlds when it comes to immigration policy.

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Fact check: Trump and the disputed border crisis

Fact check: Trump and the disputed border crisis

In his prime-time speech to the nation, President Trump declared a border crisis that's in sharp dispute, wrongly accused Democrats of refusing to pay for border security and ignored the reality of how drugs come into the country as he pitched his wall as a solution to varied ills.
by The Associated Press

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Trump urges wall funding to fix border 'crisis'

Trump urges wall funding to fix border 'crisis'

Addressing the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Trump argued for funding on security and humanitarian grounds as he sought to put pressure on newly empowered Democrats amid an extended partial government shutdown.
by Associated Press

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