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London Sees Tuberculosis Rates Higher Than Iraq, Rwanda And Eritrea

An “astounding” London Assembly report shows a third of London boroughs exceed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “high incidence” threshold of tuberculosis, and some wards within Hounslow, Brent, Harrow, Newham and Ealing have rates of more than 150 incidents per 100,000 people. Mayor Boris

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Refugee Crisis Dampens German Consumer Confidence: Survey

Europe’s refugee crisis is dampening consumer confidence in Germany as shoppers worry about the economic consequences of the huge influx of migrants, a poll found on Wednesday. “The good mood seen among consumers in recent months is slowly waning,” market

Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a Americans for Peace, Prosperity, and Security national security forum event at the Cedar Rapids Public Library on October 2, 2015 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Rubio answered questions from moderator Jeanne Meserve about national security issues ranging from Russia and ISIS to cyber security and China.

Marco Rubio Faces Attacks for Quitting Senate

When it was reported that Sen. Marco Rubio hated being in the U.S. Senate and was running for president because he was “frustrated” with how that chamber of Congress worked, it took me back to 2012, when I first caught wind of this frustration he had with the governing body in which he was elected to serve.

A man holds an US flag prior to taking the citizenship oath to become a US citizen during a naturalization ceremony at the US Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, May 28, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read

Report: 75 Percent of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000 Due to Immigration

“Immigration, counting both new admissions and births to immigrant women, was responsible for three-fourths of the growth in our population this century,” the report published this week by the immigration reduction group Negative Population Growth reads. “If current trends continue, immigration will add another 100 million people to the United States in the next 50 years.”

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DHS Releasing ‘Family’ Illegal Immigrants

DHS expanded family detention last year in response to the unprecedented run on the border by illegal immigrant adults with children. The government had pointed to detention as a deterrent to the ongoing influx of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border — which has seen more than 108,000 family unit members apprehended attempting to illegally enter the U.S. over the past two fiscal years.

Cesar Vargas (C), co-director of the DREAM Action Coalition speaks while flanked by Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) (L) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) during a news conference on Capitol Hill July 25, 2014 in Washington, DC. The members of Congress called on the Defense Department to allow certain undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States as children, to serve in the military. (Photo by )

Illegal Immigrant Activist Joins Bernie Sanders Campaign

Cesar Vargas—an activist and undocumented immigrant able to work in the U.S. due to President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program—accepted a job with the Sanders campaign last week, according to multiple reports. “I joined the campaign because the senator believes not only that we should meet DREAMers but that DREAMers should be part of the conversation to champion policies for the Latino community,” Vargas said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.