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‘Adiós, Milwaukee’: A family uprooted, a hole left behind
Yessenia Ruano's long fight against deportation, fueled by her Milwaukee community, ended last month under orders from ICE.
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Supreme Court leaves some immigrant parents in limbo as advocates rush to seek protection
The justices on Friday limited lower courts’ ability to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide.
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Virginia is set to get its first woman governor
Two women, Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, will lead their parties in the fight for the governor’s mansion and control of state government this November.
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The Trump administration is making the country less safe for domestic violence victims
Slashed and paused funding, mass firings and information purges have destabilized an infrastructure that took 40 years to build.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms enters Georgia governor’s race, pledging to fight 'the chaos of Trump 2.0'
The Democratic former mayor of Atlanta says she will focus on the economic anxieties plaguing Georgians amid Trump’s second term.
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Fourteen years in America. A one-way ticket to El Salvador.
Yessenia Ruano worked to build a life in Milwaukee with her family, a teaching career and church community. Now she’s fighting to stop it from being uprooted.
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Is Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship in effect?
Here's where the order stands as of June 27, 2025.
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Advocates for immigrant victims of domestic violence condemn White House ‘political theater’
The way the White House aired an accusation of domestic violence in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has sent his wife and her children into hiding, and could discourage victims from seeking help, they say.
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DHS shuts ‘open door’ for women and queer immigrants to report abuse, advocates say
Offices that helped survivors of violence and discrimination from inside the immigration system have been gutted by the Trump administration.
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Grieving mothers thrust into the spotlight during Trump’s address to Congress
Trump invoked the ongoing debate about the nation’s immigration policies as he drew attention to the deaths of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray.