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Honoring the lives lost in the Los Angeles wildfires

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Gazans begin clearing rubble as tenuous ceasefire holds

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Incarcerated firefighters help battle the blazes around LA

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Trump begins push for more oil and gas production

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Trump order cancels flights for refugees to settle in U.S.

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Trump administration ends government diversity programs

Trump administration ends government diversity programs

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Pentagon to send troops to border for Trump's crackdown

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Trump issues more orders targeting immigration and DEI

Trump issues more orders targeting immigration and DEI

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Trump lays out demands in reintroduction to world stage

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Trump willing to use economic pressure on Russia to end war

Trump willing to use economic pressure on Russia to end war

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The immigration policies that led to today's complex system

President Trump has signed several executive orders making sweeping changes to the immigration system. Immigration was one of voters’ top issues in the election, with many supporting Trump’s message that the current system is broken. But how did we get here? Laura Barrón-López takes a deep dive into the history of immigration policies and laws that led to the complex system we have today.
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