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As attendance dips, churches change to stay relevant for a new wave of worshippers
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (NPR) — It’s Sunday morning and a small group sits around a fire pit in a community garden under the limbs of an expansive box elder tree. Church… Read More
The number of Americans who say they won’t get a COVID shot hasn’t budged in a year
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — West Hansen pilots his muddy Subaru through the industrial landscape of Southeast Texas where he grew up — past Bible churches, donut shops and the silver… Read More
Employers Struggle With Hiring Undocumented Workers: ‘You Cannot Hire American Here’
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Unauthorized immigrants often do manual, low-paying jobs, and employers say they have no choice but to hire them. But the White House and advocates for lower immigration say the law is the law.
Federal Immigration Agents Separated More Migrant Children Than Previously Thought
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Before family separation became an official and controversial policy of the Trump administration, federal immigration agents separated “thousands” of migrant children from their parents.
Tent City Housing Migrant Children To Close As Kids Are Released To Sponsors
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The Department of Health and Human Services confirms the population at Tornillo, Texas, is down from nearly 3,000 adolescents last month to about 1,500. The camp is due to close at the end of January.
Several Thousand Migrant Children In U.S. Custody Could Be Released Before Christmas
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The Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the release of several thousand migrant children from federally contracted shelters before Christmas, to relatives already living in the U.S.
Illegal Immigration Does Not Increase Violent Crime, 4 Studies Show
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Motivated by President Trump’s rhetoric, social scientists set out to answer whether undocumented immigrants are more likely to break the law.
FDA Advances Plan To Slash Nicotine In Cigarettes
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The Food and Drug Administration wants to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to levels so low that millions of smokers will be able to quit and millions more people will never take up the habit.
Arrests For Illegal Border Crossings Hit 46-Year Low
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Under the Trump presidency, there’s been a dramatic shift in arrests of undocumented immigrants from the Southwest border to the interior of the nation.
Big Money As Private Immigrant Jails Boom
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The Trump administration called for five new detention facilities to be built and operated by private prison corporations. Just one facility in Texas will cost taxpayers $44 million per year.