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Nation

Senate bill prompts border control discussions

By Mabel Galvez Laparra
March 01, 2024 12:00 AM
BYU faculty and students shared their thoughts on H.R. 815, a bill released by the Senate.
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World

BYU Alumni hosts service project for refugees in Eugene, Oregon ahead of BYU-Oregon football game

By Mike Miller
September 19, 2022 12:00 AM
Twelfth-ranked BYU football traveled to Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, and while there was plenty of bad news on the field in BYU’s 41-20 loss, there was some good news outside the stadium.
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Local

Proposed bill promotes fairness among immigrants in the workplace

By Anna Morgan
December 09, 2019 12:00 AM
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (SB 386) has been met with some resistance from citizens concerned about competing with immigrants for jobs despite the bill's bipartisanship support.
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Nation

AP Explains: What happens when migrants arrive at US border

By Associated Press
June 26, 2019 12:00 AM
PHOENIX (AP) — The harrowing photo of a drowned toddler and her father along the Rio Grande has illustrated the risks migrants are willing to take to reach the U.S. in the face of increasingly hardline Trump administration policies aimed at keeping them out.
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Nation

Things you should know today: 10/25/18

By Katelyn Stiles
October 25, 2018 12:00 AM
Northern Marianas slammed by typhoon, faces slow recovery
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Nation

New activists, moms rally to keep migrant families together

By Associated Press
July 03, 2018 12:00 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Immigrants who have spent years fighting to change the country's immigration system are getting newfound support from liberal activists, moms and first-time protesters motivated by a visceral narrative: President Donald Trump's administration separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Nation

Church-based Inn Project helps ICE remove children from detention centers

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
May 08, 2018 12:00 AM
Editor's note: Immigration has been a political boondoggle for at least two decades in the United States. Congress has yet to come up with a system that will successfully address the complexities, and President Donald Trump has taken some decisions into his own hands.
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Nation

Trump says he is "considering" veto of $1.3 trillion budget

By Associated Press
March 23, 2018 12:00 AM
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a news conference about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Local

BYU scores poorly for social mobility in new study

By Mckenna Park
March 20, 2017 12:00 AM
Students walk during class break on campus. BYU ranked lower than other universities concerning social mobility, according to a report released by researchers from Stanford University. (Maddi Driggs)
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State

Tutoring services help refugees learn English, life skills

By Jesse King
July 19, 2016 12:00 AM
Various Salt Lake City organizations are providing mentoring and tutoring services to the state's growing refugee community.
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State

Senate bill proposes Utah students pass U.S. citizenship test to graduate

By Universe Contributor
February 02, 2015 12:00 AM
By Emily Larson
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Local

If immigrants feel alone, they turn to Centro Civico Mexicano

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
Mural on the side of the CCM building
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