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A Venezuelan migrant and her daughter stand near the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez

DHS has a nearly billion-dollar plan to get immigrants to ‘self deport.’ 72,000 people have signed up so far

By Audrey Ash, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has heralded a $915 million incentive program and app as key tools to get undocumented immigrants to voluntarily leave the country, part of a broader push his administration credits with getting 2.2 million people to “self-deport.” But a new document shared internally within DHS

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Travelers wait in long lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday.

TSA workers face reality of working without pay as passengers unaware of the shutdown see long lines

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — More than a third of the security screeners at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport didn’t show up to work Tuesday, the airport’s general manager said, causing passengers to have to wait in line for up to two hours. Long lines have stretched through different airports this week as

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Cuban president promises ‘impregnable resistance’ to any US attempt to control island

By Patrick Oppmann, Hilary Whiteman, CNN Havana (CNN) — Any attempt by the United States to take control of Cuba would be met with “impregnable resistance,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Tuesday, as power returned to some parts of the island following a nationwide grid collapse. Successive US administrations have sought to isolate Cuba for

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Cesar Chavez

Iconic labor leader Cesar Chavez accused of decades of sexual abuse as annual celebrations are canceled nationwide

By Andy Rose, Emma Tucker, Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — Latino leaders and elected officials say they are shocked by “deeply troubling” sexual misconduct allegations against Cesar Chavez, one of the Latino community’s most prominent civil rights icons, as planned annual celebrations of the late labor leader are canceled and his legacy as a labor

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5 things to know for March 17: Travel disruptions in Middle East, Iran war, Gas prices, Cuba blackouts, Meatpacking workers

By Alexandra Banner, CNN ☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day, readers. Many parts of the world will look a bit greener today as people don the color to celebrate the holiday — including the Chicago River, famously dyed a vivid emerald each year. Beyond its religious roots, the holiday has evolved into a global celebration of

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