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Lawmaker Behind Illegal Immigrant Marriage Ban Under Fire

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – A Louisiana legislator behind a policy to prevent illegal immigrants from taking advantage of marriage laws to gain legal residence is coming under fire after a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of the act was filed.

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Pat Caddell: Poll Shows ‘Great Opposition’ to Refugee Expansion ‘Even Among Democrats and Hillary Voters’

Pollster and political analyst Pat Caddell discussed results from the latest Breitbart News/Gravis poll on Thursday morning with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow, saying, “In particular, I’m fascinated with this refugee question. We’re seeing great opposition even among large numbers of Democrats and Hillary voters against the refugee expansion, which the mainstream media basically doesn’t cover.”

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Fact Check: Kaine Misleads on Pence Syrian Refugee Case

During Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, Sen. Tim Kaine criticized Gov. Mike Pence’s efforts to protect Indiana families from Syrian refugees who had not been vetted before being brought into this country, but, in fact, a federal appeals court bolstered Donald Trump’s argument that if Americans want to change the nation’s refugee policy, they need to vote Trump-Pence.

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Obama Admitted More Than 31,000 Afghans as Refugees, Asylees, ‘Special Immigrants’

Since President Barack Obama escalated the conflict soon after taking office in 2009, the United States has resettled 6,205 Afghan refugees and 766 asylees within its borders, in addition to admitting 24,352 Afghans under a special immigrant visas (SIVs) program for those who were employed by the U.S. government at some point during the ongoing war, according to U.S. government data.

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Syrian Refugees Brave Home for Eid-al-Adha Muslim Holiday

For some Syrian refugees in Turkey – who find themselves hopeless, fearful, and concerned about their prospects and that of their family back in Syria – an end to their current predicament seems unattainable save for a return home for Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals on the Islamic calendar.

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