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The hearing, held by the House Homeland Security Committee, highlighted how entrenched both parties’ positions have become as Congress negotiates possible restrictions on immigration enforcement effor... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Politics

Simplified: The House Homeland Security Committee hearing highlighted how entrenched both parties’ positions have become as Congress negotiates possible restricti...

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2 months ago
Asked whether he thought Mr. Pretti deserved to die, Rodney S. Scott, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, also said he would not comment on open investigations. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law Enforcement

Simplified: Rodney S Scott would not comment on open investigations when asked whether Mr Pretti deserved to die

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2 months ago
Democrats on the panel condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown for sweeping up people who were in the country lawfully or who had no criminal records. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Democrats on the panel condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown for sweeping up people who were in the country lawfully or who had n...

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2 months ago
Top immigration officials defended the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign during a congressional hearing on Tuesday and repeatedly declined to answer questions about the fatal shootings... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Politics

Simplified: Top immigration officials defended Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign during a congressional hearing on Tuesday and declined to answer q...

2 sources

2 months ago
But he said he would not apologize or comment on the shootings. 0.950

👤 Todd Lyons 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law Enforcement

Simplified: He would not apologize or comment on the shootings

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2 months ago
They also criticized the administration’s aggressive tactics, saying that immigration officers were using excessive force and carrying out “lawless actions.” 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Democrats also criticized the administration’s aggressive tactics saying that immigration officers were using excessive force and carrying out lawless...

2 sources

2 months ago
Pressed by Democrats at the hearing to apologize to the families of two Americans killed in Minneapolis by federal agents — Alex Pretti and Renee Good — Todd Lyons, the acting director of Immigration... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law Enforcement

Simplified: Todd Lyons welcomed the opportunity to speak with the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in private

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2 months ago
One lawmaker said the congressional exodus from Washington could actually be a positive development if Republicans encounter constituents who are unhappy with the immigration crackdown. 0.750

👤 One lawmaker 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: One lawmaker said congressional exodus from Washington could be positive development if Republicans encounter unhappy constituents

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2 months ago
Democrats believe they defied the odds and came out of last year’s record-long government shutdown on the political offensive over health care costs. 0.850

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Democrats believe they defied odds came out of last year's government shutdown on political offensive over health care costs

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2 months ago
Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming said on Thursday that they don’t seem to be determined in any way to fund the Department of Homeland Security. 0.950

👤 Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Politics

Simplified: Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming said they do not seem determined to fund the Department of Homeland Security

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2 months ago
The order comes as the Trump administration said on Thursday that it would end its aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota, which has resulted in tense clashes between protesters and law enforce... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Immigration

Simplified: The Trump administration said it would end its aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota which has resulted in tense clashes between protesters an...

4 sources

2 months ago
In a statement on Thursday, Matthew Tragesser, an agency spokesman, said the administration would “take decisive action to keep E-Verify open during a shutdown.” 0.950

👤 Matthew Tragesser 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Employment , Immigration

Simplified: The administration would take decisive action to keep E-Verify open during a shutdown according to Matthew Tragesser.

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2 months ago
Some programs do receive appropriated funds, including E-Verify, which allows employers to check their employees’ eligibility to work in the country. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Employment , Immigration

Simplified: Some programs including E-Verify receive appropriated funds which allows employers to check employees eligibility to work in the country.

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2 months ago
FEMA would find it difficult to reimburse states for disaster relief operations quickly, Mr. Phillips said. 0.950

👤 Mr. Phillips 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Disaster Relief

Simplified: FEMA would find it difficult to reimburse states for disaster relief operations quickly Mr Phillips said.

2 sources

2 months ago
About 95 percent of the Transportation Security Administration’s roughly 60,000 employees are required to report to work through a shutdown without being paid, according to the agency’s acting adminis... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Employment

Simplified: About 95 percent of Transportation Security Administration’s employees are required to report to work through a shutdown without being paid

4 sources

2 months ago
A State Department official said in an email in response to the decision that the Trump administration would abide by all laws, regulations and court orders. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Legal

Simplified: A State Department official said the Trump administration would abide by all laws regulations and court orders

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2 months ago
Since Mr. Trump’s inauguration last year, his administration has mounted a broad assault on what it views as diversity initiatives, including by removing symbolic displays like flags and images and re... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Since Trump's inauguration his administration has mounted an assault on diversity initiatives including removing symbolic displays and regulating lang...

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2 months ago
Civil servants are required to be apolitical and closely adhere to a federal law designed to safeguard the federal work force from political influence and coercion. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law

Simplified: Civil servants are required to be apolitical and adhere to a federal law

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2 months ago
After Allison Eriksen was forced out of her job at the U.S. Agency for International Development last year, she said that she and other former colleagues went to Capitol Hill each week to meet with la... 1.000

👤 Allison Eriksen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Allison Eriksen said she and other former colleagues went to Capitol Hill each week to meet with lawmakers after being forced out of her job last year

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2 months ago
“We had to work across the federal government and understand how those other agencies operate, what they care about, what their priorities are, and how to get things done in this very complicated, bur... 1.000

👤 Michael Masuda 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government

Simplified: Masuda said they had to work across the federal government and understand how other agencies operate

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2 months ago