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Barack Obama:
Immigration can be a controversial topic. We all want safe, secure borders and a dynamic economy, and people of goodwill can have legitimate disagreements about how to fix our immigration system so that everybody plays by the rules. — But that's not what the action that the White House took today is about.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Trump Administration Now Has Tons Of DACA Data And Is Poised To Weaponize It … DACA recipients - often called DREAMers - are facing a new nightmare. According to the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers may use the information these people gave …
CNN:
Admin memo: DACA recipients should prepare for ‘departure from the United States’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)White House talking points on Tuesday urged DACA recipients to prepare for a “departure from the United States,” a much starker possible future than Trump administration officials used …
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
4 lies Jeff Sessions told to justify ending DACA — And one misleading claim. — On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially announced the Trump administration will rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields nearly 800,000 young, unauthorized immigrants from deportation.
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Mark Zuckerberg:
This is a sad day for our country. The decision to end DACA is not just wrong. It is particularly cruel to offer young people the American Dream, encourage them to come out of the shadows and trust our government, and then punish them for it. — The young people covered by DACA are our friends and neighbors.
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New York Times:
Trump Moves to End DACA and Calls on Congress to Act — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to the Obama-era executive action that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation and called on Congress to replace the policy with legislation before it fully expires on March 5, 2018.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Staffers worried Trump didn't fully grasp consequences of ending DACA: report
Staffers worried Trump didn't fully grasp consequences of ending DACA: report
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usccb.org:
USCCB President, Vice President And Committee Chairmen Denounce Administration's Decision …
USCCB President, Vice President And Committee Chairmen Denounce Administration's Decision …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority opposes deporting Dreamers
Poll: Majority opposes deporting Dreamers
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Senator Heidi Heitkamp:
Today, the president and U.S. Attorney General said they will end …
Today, the president and U.S. Attorney General said they will end …
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Fox News:
President Trump's statement on DACA
President Trump's statement on DACA
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Trump ending DACA will crush dreams
Bill Clinton: Trump ending DACA will crush dreams
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New York Times:
Trump Chooses Sessions, Longtime Foe of DACA, to Announce Its Demise
Trump Chooses Sessions, Longtime Foe of DACA, to Announce Its Demise
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Speaker.gov:
Statement on DACA Program
Statement on DACA Program
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Emanuel declares Chicago ‘a Trump-free zone’ after DACA decision
Emanuel declares Chicago ‘a Trump-free zone’ after DACA decision
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Department of Homeland Security:
Frequently Asked Questions: Rescission Of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Frequently Asked Questions: Rescission Of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump ends DACA, but gives Congress window to save it
Trump ends DACA, but gives Congress window to save it
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
My Analysis of the Hurricane Irma Panic — RUSH: The hurricane is what I want to lead off with, though, folks. And I've gotta be very careful here because I am not a meteorologist, and nothing I say today should be considered to be a forecast or a prediction. I am not the National Hurricane Center.
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Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Hurricane Irma is heading straight for Trump's Caribbean mansion — President Donald Trump doesn't just have to worry about safeguarding the nation ahead of Hurricane Irma. — Trump owns a multi-million dollar mansion on the Caribbean island of St. Martin — and Category 5 Irma is heading straight for it.
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Washington Post:
Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as Hurricane Irma intensifies to a Category 5 storm … Authorities in Florida have begun bracing for the potential arrival of Hurricane Irma, a roiling storm that intensified into “an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane” as it churned toward the United States.
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NHC Webmaster / NHC Atlantic Wallet 1:
Hurricane Irma Forecast Discussion — U.S. Watch/Warning Local Products — Hurricane Irma Discussion Number 28 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017 1100 PM AST Tue Sep 05 2017 — The satellite view of Irma remains quite spectacular, with an extremely well-defined eye and a large, symmetrical CDO.
Washington Post:
Catastrophic Hurricane Irma — now a Category 5 — is on a collision course with Florida
Catastrophic Hurricane Irma — now a Category 5 — is on a collision course with Florida
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CNN:
Hurricane Irma is a ‘potentially catastrophic’ Category 5 storm
Hurricane Irma is a ‘potentially catastrophic’ Category 5 storm
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Boston Red Sox Used Electronic Devices to Steal Signs Against Yankees — WASHINGTON — For decades, spying on another team has been as much a part of the gamesmanship of baseball as brushback pitches and hard slides. The Red Sox have apparently added a modern — and illicit — twist …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier — In the most significant escalation yet in the wrangling between Congress and the FBI over the Trump dossier, the House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the bureau and the Justice Department for documents relating to the dossier …
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John Crudele / New York Post:
Proof that investigating Trump is starting to backfire for Democrats
Proof that investigating Trump is starting to backfire for Democrats
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Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
US Intelligence: North Korea's Sixth Test Was a 140 Kiloton ‘Advanced Nuclear’ Device — North Korea's sixth nuclear test was easily its biggest yet, according to early U.S. intelligence estimates. — North Korea's sixth nuclear test on Sunday released 140 kilotons of TNT equivalent, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment.
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Jason Sattler / USA Today:
DACA could be ruinous Prop 187 moment with Latinos for Trump and GOP — It took decades for rigor mortis to cripple the California GOP. National Republicans are setting themselves up for the same sort of long-term rot. — CONNECT — When we need a shortcut to explain why it's …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Harvey Unleashed: A New Show, His Private Trump Sit-Down and That Infamous Leaked Memo — The TV host, who now has six shows — including a new daytime talker he owns — also shares what Oprah taught him and how he dealt with “vicious” backlash to his private meeting with the president: “I haven't talked to him since.”
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Lucas Ward / The Harvard Crimson:
Lewandowski to Join IOP as Visiting Fellow — Attendees leave the JFK Jr. Forum in 2016. Corey R. Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's embattled former campaign advisor, will join the Institute of Politics as a visiting fellow this semester, the IOP announced Tuesday.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Steve Bannon's meeting with Mark Meadows — Steve Bannon met with Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows on Monday afternoon at the “Breitbart Embassy” — the Capitol Hill townhouse so-named because those who work at the right-wing website like to think of themselves as the ambassadors for “real America” in Washington, D.C.
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New York Times:
At CNN, Retracted Story Leaves an Elite Reporting Team Bruised — Created with much fanfare, CNN's investigative unit was reshaped and its focus narrowed in the wake of a story that led to a retraction and an apology. — Late on a Monday afternoon in June, members of CNN's elite investigations team …
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Lucy Pasha-Robinson / The Independent:
Russian politician says 'let's hit Trump with our Kompromat' on state TV — Claims made in explosive Trump Russia dossier, though unproven, have led many to speculate Kremlin could be holding sensitive information on former real estate mogul — A Russian politician has threatened to “hit Donald Trump with our Kompromat” on state TV.
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