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August 21, 2025
Immigration
Lawfare

Trump Can Deport 60,000 Migrants After Court Victory.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, President Donald J. Trump, District Judge Trina Thompson, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on Wednesday by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning a lower court order from the Northern District of California.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Temporary Protected Status was designed to be just that—temporary,” said DHS Secretary Noem.

🎯IMPACT: TPS protections for Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Nepalese migrants will now be revoked, affecting over 60,000.

IN FULL

A federal appeals court has upheld the Trump administration’s authority to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal, reversing a lower court decision that had halted the administration’s attempt to cancel their protections and work permits.

The ruling came from a unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, consisting of Circuit Judges Michael Hawkins, Consuelo Callahan, and Eric Miller. Previously, Joe Biden-appointed Northern District of California Judge Trina Thompson had blocked the administration’s efforts, bizarrely alleging that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision was “motivated by racial animus” and a “discriminatory belief that certain immigrant populations will replace the white population.”

TPS was granted to Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants after Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and to Nepalese migrants following a 2015 earthquake. Earlier this year, Secretary Noem announced the termination of TPS for these groups, arguing that the program was meant to be temporary and that the countries had sufficiently recovered from these disasters.

TPS protections for Nepalese migrants ended on August 5, while those for Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants are scheduled to expire in September. Noem also introduced incentives, including plane tickets and a $1,000 “exit bonus,” for migrants who choose to leave voluntarily.

DHS data indicates that about 51,000 Hondurans, 7,200 Nepalis, and 2,900 Nicaraguans are currently enrolled in TPS without permanent green-card status. This ruling underscores the temporary nature of TPS and signals a significant change in immigration policy.

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August 21, 2025
Immigration

The U.S. Immigrant Population Has Declined for the First Time in DECADES.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. immigrant population appears to have decreased by 1.4 million people in the first six months of 2025, according to Pew Research Center.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Pew Research Center, President Donald J. Trump, and the former Biden government.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Data from January to June 2025, across the United States.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The data we are looking at represented a dramatic change,” said Jeffrey Passel, Pew Research Center’s senior demographer.

🎯IMPACT: Immigration policy changes and enforcement measures appear to have contributed to the decline, with potential positive effects on America’s demographic stability and social cohesion.

IN FULL

The United States’ immigrant population dropped from 53.3 million in January 2025 to 51.9 million by June, marking the first significant decline since the 1960s. This data comes from the Pew Research Center, which noted that the reduction is reflected in the labor force, where over 750,000 workers were lost since January.

Jeffrey Passel, Pew’s senior demographer, highlighted the significance of this shift, stressing: “The data we are looking at represented a dramatic change.” Under the former Biden government, foreign workers outpaced native-born Americans in terms of post-pandemic recovery in the U.S. labor market. While the decline in immigrant labor could result in some short-term economic turbulence, most labor economists expect the number of native-born American workers to increase, especially as those who stopped looking for work altogether re-enter the workforce pool.

Notably, the decline is attributed to immigration enforcement policies implemented by President Donald J. Trump, including heightened arrests, detentions, and visa scrutiny. These measures aim to reverse the mass immigration policies implemented by former President Joe Biden, which saw American-born labor replaced with cheap, foreign workers and an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration.

The data also found that the illegal immigrant population reached a record 14 million in 2023—though others estimate it could have reached higher than 20 million—but has now begun to decline. This group includes individuals without legal status and those with temporary deportation protections, such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Despite the overall decline in immigrants, the United States remains home to more foreigners than any other nation—although countries like Canada and the United Arabe Emirates (UAE) have higher proportions of migrants in their populations. Pew reported that the share of immigrants in the U.S. population fell slightly from 15.8 percent in January to 15.4 percent in June.

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August 21, 2025
Health
Immigration

Trump Admin Moves to Stop Medicaid Going to Migrants.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration announced stricter oversight on noncitizens receiving Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

📍WHEN & WHERE: The oversight program was launched in recent months, with new rules implemented under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law on July 4.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We are tightening oversight of enrollment to safeguard taxpayer dollars and guarantee that these vital programs serve only those who are truly eligible under the law,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

🎯IMPACT: The program aims to ensure Medicaid serves only those who are eligible, but state resistance and lawsuits may complicate enforcement.

IN FULL

The Trump administration is intensifying its efforts to limit noncitizens’ access to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits, per the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), CMS has introduced an oversight initiative that supplies states with reports identifying Medicaid enrollees absent from federal databases.

“We are tightening oversight of enrollment to safeguard taxpayer dollars and guarantee that these vital programs serve only those who are truly eligible under the law,” confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 1.4 million current Medicaid enrollees fail to meet citizenship or immigration status criteria. States must now examine these federal reports, resolve immigration status inconsistencies, and uphold noncitizen eligibility restrictions. However, Democrat-run states like California, Oregon, and Colorado have broadened Medicaid access to include illegal immigrants regardless.

The Trump-championed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted on July 4, imposes stricter Medicaid eligibility rules, including work requirements for able-bodied adults, regular eligibility checks, and heightened restrictions on noncitizens. CMS administrator Mehmet Oz stressed, “Every dollar misspent is a dollar taken away from an eligible, vulnerable individual in need of Medicaid.”

Since June, the health department has shared Medicaid enrollment data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), prompting a lawsuit from 20 states, including California and New York, in July. Last week, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction, halting data sharing in those states. Judge Vince Chhabria wrote, “Using CMS data for immigration enforcement threatens to significantly disrupt the operation of Medicaid—a program that Congress has deemed critical for the provision of health coverage to the nation’s most vulnerable residents.”

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August 20, 2025
Immigration
UK

Farage’s Reform Party Wants to Shut Down Migrant Hotels Nationwide After Court Ruling.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: British municipal governments are considering legal action to stop the central government from filling local hotels with asylum seekers after a successful court challenge in Epping, England, with Nigel Farage’s Reform Party pledging that every council it controls will mount lawsuits.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Epping Forest District Council, Nigel Farage, migrants.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Discussions and legal actions have occurred throughout August 2025, with key events in Epping.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Reform councils will be progressing these legal avenues on an urgent basis,” said Reform deputy leader Richard Tice MP.

🎯IMPACT: The High Court’s decision in Epping has set a precedent, with other councils considering legal action.

IN FULL

Municipal governments across the United Kingdom are stepping up legal efforts to block local hotels from being used to house asylum seekers en masse, as public unrest grows over the danger and disruption migrants are causing in communities.

In Essex, Epping Forest District Council recently secured a High Court injunction to prevent migrants from being placed at The Bell Hotel, citing community protests and safety concerns. The protests in Epping erupted in the area after an asylum seeker living at the hotel was arrested for sexually abusing a local girl. The ruling came despite attempts by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, to keep the migrants at the hotel.

The landmark ruling is now being closely examined by other councils. Richard Tice MP, deputy leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, has said “Reform councils will be progressing these legal avenues on an urgent basis.”

Farage called the Epping legal case a victory for the “good people of Epping” who have been protesting, saying they “must inspire similar protests around Britain”—despite the efforts of establishment politicians and media outlets to portray them as “far right.”

There is rising frustration from residents who say their communities are being overwhelmed and their voices are being ignored. Many argue that the central government’s current strategy of meeting boat migrants at sea, bringing them ashore, and housing them in hotels free of charge with little to no restrictions on their movements is failing to deter illegal immigration while placing an unfair burden on local services, housing, and law enforcement, and endangering British citizens.

Despite these concerns, London alone continues to house over 12,000 asylum seekers in hotels.

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August 20, 2025
Immigration
News

Trump Has Paused Visas for This African Country.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has paused most visa processing in Zimbabwe due to concerns about the Zimbabwean government.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Embassy in Harare, the Government of Zimbabwe, and affected visa applicants.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The visa pause took effect in August 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We have paused routine visa services in Harare while we address concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe.” – U.S. Embassy in Harare

🎯IMPACT: Students and other visa applicants are facing delays, with some unable to afford alternative options for interviews in neighboring countries.

IN FULL

The Trump administration has halted the majority of its visa services in Zimbabwe, citing undisclosed issues with the country’s government. In a statement released August 20, the U.S. Embassy in Harare confirmed, “We have paused routine visa services in Harare while we address concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe.”

Formerly known as Rhodesia, Zimbabwe heavily persecuted its white minority under former leader Robert Mugabe, although his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has made some steps towards compensating white farmers after their dispossession and mass exodus caused an agricultural and economic collapse.

According to the U.S. State Department, the visa suspension, which took effect on August 7, affects nearly all categories of visa applications, with the exception of most diplomatic and official visas. This move is likely part of a broader effort by the United States to address issues related to visa overstays and abuse of immigration processes. A report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Zimbabwe had a visa overstay rate of 10.57 percent in 2023, one of the highest among African nations.

In response to similar issues elsewhere on the continent, the Trump administration is requiring financial bonds of up to $15,000 for certain visa applicants from countries like Malawi and Zambia.

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August 20, 2025
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Top 3rd World Diplomat Brags ‘Much of London Feels Like Bangladesh.’

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: Bangladesh’s High Commissioner (Ambassador) to the United Kingdom has said that much of London feels like Bangladesh.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Bangladeshi High Commissioner Abida Islam; residents of London.

📍WHEN & WHERE: London, United Kingdom; August 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “So much of London—especially east London—feels like Bangladesh. I’m looking forward next year to iftar in Trafalgar Square.” – Abida Islam

🎯IMPACT: The comments underscore London’s radically changing demographics, with minority groups taking over certain areas to the extent that they no longer feel alien to politicians from their ethnic homelands.

IN FULL

Bangladesh’s High Commissioner (Ambassador) to the United Kingdom, Abida Islam, has drawn attention to London’s radical cultural and demographic shifts. Speaking to the establishment Financial Times for an article titled, ‘Where ambassadors to the UK dine in London for tastes of home,’ she said: “I’m fortunate. When I was posted in Mexico and South Korea, my homesickness was worse and hit hardest at mealtimes. But so much of London—especially east London—feels like Bangladesh.”

The diplomat added that she was “looking forward next year to iftar in Trafalgar Square,” in reference to the annual Islamic fast-breaking feasts championed by Mayor Sadiq Khan in the British capital’s most iconic public square.

Islam’s remarks come as London continues to transform under the weight of decades of mass migration, accelerated to record levels by former Conservative (Tory) prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, and maintained at historic levels by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer following the election of the Labour Party in mid-2024.

Bangladeshis are particularly dominant in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, one of several areas where the municipal government has been tearing down English flags raised on lampposts and other infrastructure by members of the public. Notably, Tower Hamlets Mayor Luftur Rahman—himself a Bangladeshi immigrant previously ejected from office for electoral fraud but reelected once his ban expired—took a more tolerant approach towards the borough being festooned with Palestinian flags following the Hamas terror attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Other prominent Bangladeshi politicians in England include Prime Minister Starmer’s former Anti-Corruption Minister, Tulip Siddiq, who resigned after the Bangladeshi government began investigating her family for corruption.

Image by Kyle Taylor.

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August 20, 2025
Crime
Immigration

Sanctuary State Raid Nets Dozens of Illegals, Including Gangsters and Child Absers.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 65 illegal aliens in Connecticut during a four-day operation named “Operation Broken Trust,” targeting serious offenders and transnational criminal activity.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE Boston, federal law enforcement partners including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), targeting illegal immigrants.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The operation took place over four days in Connecticut, following the state’s expansion of its “Trust Act” sanctuary policies in May.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Sanctuary legislation like Connecticut’s Trust Act only endangers the communities it claims to protect… The state of Connecticut is a safer place thanks to the hard work and determination of the men and women of ICE,” said Patricia H. Hyde, acting Field Office Director of ICE Boston.

🎯IMPACT: The arrests snared migrants with criminal convictions, including for sexual assault, drug trafficking, child exploitation, and gang-related offenses.

IN FULL

The Boston Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has executed a four-day operation in Connecticut, resulting in the capture of 65 illegal aliens. ‘Operation Broken Trust’ targeted migrants engaged in transnational organized crime, other gang activities, and serious criminal offenses, including kidnapping, assault, drug trafficking, weapons violations, and sexual crimes. It was launched after Connecticut’s Democrat state government expanded its “Trust Act,” a sanctuary law that significantly restricts local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE.

Acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde condemned such sanctuary policies, declaring, “Sanctuary legislation like Connecticut’s Trust Act only endangers the communities it claims to protect. Such laws only force law enforcement professionals to release criminal alien offenders back into the very communities they have already victimized.” She emphasized that these policies compel ICE to carry out potentially dangerous at-large arrests within communities, because local authorities release wanted migrants instead of safely transferring them into federal custody.

Director Hyde highlighted the severity of the offenses the captured migrants committed, stating, “Make no mistake: Every person that we arrested are criminals and breaking federal law, but many of these individuals also victimized innocent people and traumatized communities—rapists, drug traffickers, child sex predators, and members of violent transnational criminal gangs.”

The operation was conducted in collaboration with ICE’s Hartford field office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).

The Trump administration is signficantly expanding ICE’s detention capacity, with new facilities such as Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot” and Nebraska’s “Cornusker Clink” opening at pace.

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August 19, 2025
Lauren Gallagher
Education
Immigration

Dem Governor Signs Bill Giving Financial Aid to Illegals.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: On Tuesday, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill allowing student residents who are not eligible for federal financial aid to receive assistance from state and local governments in Illinois.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker; U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL); illegal immigrants and students in Illinois.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Illinois, August 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Allowing taxpayer-funded financial aid for illegal aliens is a slap in the face to hardworking Illinois families and students.” – Mary Miller

🎯IMPACT: All students residing in Illinois are now eligible for financial aid benefits regardless of immigration status; noncompliant institutions may face public scrutiny and policy challenges.

IN FULL

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D), a possible contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, has signed a bill into law opening financial aid to all residents, regardless of immigration status. This legislation allows illegal immigrants residing in Illinois to receive monetary benefits for education, stating that “a student who is an Illinois resident and who is not otherwise eligible for federal financial aid, including, but not limited to, a transgender student who is disqualified for failure to register for selective service or a noncitizen student who has not obtained lawful permanent residence, shall be eligible for financial aid and benefits.”

State Senator Celina Villanueva (D), who supports the bill, claims it is “about making sure no student is left behind because of where they were born.” U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL), who opposes the bill, argues that “Allowing taxpayer-funded financial aid for illegal aliens is a slap in the face to hardworking Illinois families and students,” adding: “Our state is drowning in debt, yet J.B. Pritzker is determined to drain even more taxpayer dollars to reward illegals, she added. ”

Under the law, all students residing in Illinois are eligible for financial aid programs funded or administered by the state, local governments, or public universities.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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August 19, 2025
Crime
Immigration

Migrant Faces Hundreds of Charges for Murder, Attempted Murder After Christmas Market Attack.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A migrant man has been charged with murder and attempted murder following a deadly car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which left six people dead and many others injured.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor referred to as Taleb A., and the victims, including a nine-year-old boy and five women aged 45 to 75.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred on December 20, 2024, at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.

💬KEY QUOTE: Prosecutors allege the suspect acted “out of dissatisfaction and frustration with the course and outcome of a civil law dispute and the failure of various criminal complaints.”

🎯IMPACT: The attack has left a community grieving, with six lives lost and hundreds of others impacted by non-fatal injuries.

IN FULL

A Saudi migrant has been formally charged with murder and hundreds of counts of attempted murder for a deadly car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on December 20, 2024. The suspect, identified only as Taleb A. due to German privacy laws, allegedly drove a rented BMW into a crowded area, killing six people and injuring dozens more.

Among the victims were a nine-year-old boy and five women aged between 45 and 75. Prosecutors accuse Taleb A. of deliberately aiming to kill as many people as possible, describing the act as premeditated. He faces charges for six counts of murder, 338 counts of attempted murder, 309 counts of bodily harm, and a motoring offense.

Authorities say the suspect was not under the influence of alcohol and acted alone. The suspect has lived in Germany since 2006 and holds permanent residency. Although it is said that he does not fit the profile of an Islamist extremist, prosecutors say he was flagged in the past by Saudi authorities. The court in Magdeburg is now considering whether the case will proceed to trial. If convicted, he faces a life sentence.

The attack has shaken the community and renewed concerns about public safety at Christmas markets across Germany. In December 2016, for instance, an Islamist terrorist drove a stolen truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people. The attacker, Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri, was linked to the Islamic State, and later shot dead by police in Italy. The Berlin attack exposed serious failings in German counterterrorism oversight and immigration enforcement.

More recently, German authorities have foiled several Christmas market plots. Just weeks before the Magdeburg tragedy, police in Augsburg uncovered a plot by a suspected Islamic State sympathizer who had scouted a market with plans to carry out a vehicle-ramming attack.

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August 19, 2025
William Upton
Immigration

Trump Opens ANOTHER Deportation Facility, Dubbed the ‘Cornhusker Clink.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration is set to open its fourth new illegal immigrant detention and deportation facility modeled on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), illegal immigrants, and the Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The “Cornhusker Clink” was revealed on August 19, in McCook, Nebraska.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Any sanctuary Jurisdiction that continues to put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens can either come to the table or see us in court.” — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi

🎯IMPACT: The expansion of illegal immigrant detention capacity comes as President Donald J. Trump continues to push his administration to ramp up mass deportations.

IN FULL

The Trump administration is set to open its fourth new illegal immigrant detention and deportation facility modeled on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” repurposing the Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska. Dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink,” the facility will be able to house 280 criminal illegal immigrants awaiting deportation and will be overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Aside from the Trump administration’s flagship “Alligator Alcatraz” facility located in the Florida Everglades, an additional three new facilities have been opened or announced in recent weeks—including the “Deportation Depot” located at the shuttered Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson, Florida, and the “Speedway Slammer” utilizing part of the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana.

The expansion of illegal immigrant detention capacity comes as President Donald J. Trump continues to push his administration to ramp up mass deportations and undo the four years of unchecked mass migration under former President Joe Biden. Late last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that 32 letters had been sent out to sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide, giving them a week to comply with federal immigration laws or face action from the Department of Justice (DOJ).

“Any sanctuary Jurisdiction that continues to put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens can either come to the table or see us in court,” she warned, adding: “Today, the Justice Department delivered demand letters to sanctuary cities, countries, and states—a key step in our strategic effort to eradicate sanctuary policies from California to New York.”

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