This is AP News Minute. A fast-moving northern California wildfire has burned dozens of homes. Redding residents are trying to evacuate. Cal Fire says a bulldozer operator was killed while fighting the fire and three firefighters were hurt. Strong wi

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Life for Returning Afghan Refugees Goes from Bad to Worse 重返阿富汗的难民生活每况愈下 KABUL Hadeesa is only 14 years old, but her face already shows the signs of life weighing her down. She manages the familys meager resources, takes c

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美国非法移民团体梦想者强调移民改革须人性化 A network of young undocumented immigrants called Dreamers is playing a key role in advocating for immigration reform in the United States. Last year, President Barack Obama issued a dir

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In Juarez, Mexico, authorities say a suspect they detained last week in connection with the March 13 murder of two US citizens has told them the reason for the killing may have to do with treatment of jailed gang members across the border in El Paso,

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There are estimated to be more than 20,000 overseas domestic servants working in Britain (the exact figure is not known because the Home Office, the government department that deals with this, does not keep statistics). Usually, they have been brough

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The U.N. refugee agency says there has been an alarming deterioration in the treatment of uprooted Somali civilians, both inside Somalia and in the surrounding region. Agency officials say Somali civilians are suffering a backlash from recent terrori

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Hispanics are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States. In the last official U.S. census 10 years ago, Hispanics, or Latinos, made up more than 12 percent of the population. Their numbers are expected to be much higher when the governmen

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Californians React to Supreme Court Immigration Ruling The court ruled that three parts of SB 1070, the Arizona law aimed at illegal aliens, were infringements by the state on federal authority over immigration. But it kept in place a controversial p

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Illegal Immigration Not an Issue for Legal Immigrants in New York Mudassa Khan came to the United States from Pakistan as a teenager and now owns an electronics store in New York City. He said his family waited 12 years for legal permission to immigr

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US Illegal Immigrants, Mass Deportations Face New Scrutiny The U.S. government is currently reviewing orders to deport thousands of illegal immigrants in two cities, at a time of great division on the issue at federal and local levels. In the past fi

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U.S. lawmakers before the end of the year are expected to consider a controversal immigration reform measure that would give tens of thousands of young illegal immigrants a chance to become legal residents by going to college or joining the armed for

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U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who won the release of an American prisoner in Burma, says the United States must develop new ways to bring about political and economic change in the isolated state. Senator Webb called on China to end its silence on Burma an

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委内瑞拉当局囚禁政治反对派领袖 Authorities in Venezuela have again imprisoned opposition leader Daniel Ceballos. Mr. Ceballos, the former mayor of the western city of San Cristobal, had been released from prison last year and placed un

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a lot at stake in this immigration debate not just for the DREAMers but for all the parents, siblings and other relatives who rely on them. NPR's Joel Rose has this profile of one DREAMer in Georgia who's gone public with

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: An update now - last month, an unventilated tractor trailer smuggling migrants across the border in San Antonio became a death trap. Ten people died from the heat. Late yesterday, a federal grand jury indicted the driver, James B

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In conservative-leaning Nevada, Latino voters showed their power last year by helping deliver the state to Hillary Clinton. If President Trump sticks with his decision to end DACA on top of pardoning Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio an

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In the year that President Trump has been in office, immigration has defined his political platform from the first day of his campaign to this week's government shutdown. And the numbers show that he has made some dramatic ch

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The Coalition is at the centre of a diplomatic row with Papua New Guinea over the latest asylum seeker deal. PNGs Prime Minister Peter ONeil denies that he told the Opposition that hell be given control over Australias aid money to his country as par

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By Carolyn Presutti Washington 06 November 2009 The United States is looking to reform the way it detains illegal immigrants. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to immediately implement some reforms, and is expected to ask Congress t

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Future Unsure for Repatriated Female Ethiopians 被遣返的女性埃塞俄比亚人前途未卜 ADDIS ABABA More than 135,000 Ethiopians have been deported from Saudi Arabia as illegal and undocumented workers. The returnees include many women who a

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