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Israel Reports Record Immigration of Jews from France in 2015

A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official said on Thursday, citing anti-Semitic violence and economic insecurity in the European country as causes. France has the largest Jewish population in Europe, having grown by

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ICE Deportations Decline Further in FY 2015

The Obama administration removed the lowest number of immigrants from U.S. since the beginning of his presidency in fiscal year 2015, according to year-end data released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Of the 235,413 removals conduced in FY 2015, ICE removed 165,935 individuals apprehended at the border and 63,539 removals were of immigrants convicted of a crime.

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Migrant Repatriations Crash Under Obama

The repatriation of illegal migrants has crashed down to one-quarter the level seen in 2011, according to data released by President Barack Obama’s department of Homeland Security.

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Somali Citizen Arrested for Smuggling People Across U.S.-Mexico Border

A citizen of Somalia has been arrested for helping smuggle human beings across the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The Somali was operating from the U.S. side of the border. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, Omar Haji Mohamed, a Somali national, was stopped at a border checkpoint in Why, Arizona, near the Tohono O’odham Nation. He had two passengers in his vehicle, Gilberto Alcantar and Alma Delia Reyes-Castillo—both illegal immigrants from Mexico.

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Report: 1 Million ‘Migrants’ Flood Europe; Fences ‘Hurt’ Animals

More than 990,000 migrants and refugees have traveled to Europe via land and sea in 2015, according to the International Organization for Migration, which also concludes that the number will almost certainly surpass one million in the final two weeks of the year, which would make this year’s total nearly five times what it was in 2014.

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EXCLUSIVE – Syrian Refugees Bringing Flesh-Eating Disease into U.S.?

JERUSALEM – There is a risk that Middle Eastern refugees entering the U.​S​.​ could be infected with a flesh-eating disease that is sweeping across Syria. Compounding the problem, ​patients can be infected with​ the parasitic disease ​without showing symptoms for weeks, months, or even years, ​ and ​an asymptomatic patient most likely doesn’t know that he or she is a carrier.

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How Obama’s Amnesty Led to Terrorist’s Entry

President Barack Obama’s 2012 amnesty for “Dreamers”–illegal aliens who entered the United States as children–likely created the conditions under which one of the San Bernardino terrorists could enter the country.

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