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Trump administration can resume third-country deportations, appeal court rules
A US federal appeal court allowed the Trump administration on Monday to temporarily resume summarily deporting undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own. The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in a 2-1 vote, lifted a block on the so-called third-country deportations that had been imposed by a lower court. District…
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US halts visas for 75 countries indefinitely; China not on the list
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