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President Donald Trump said his administration would proceed with his executive order denying citizenship to children of immigrants who are not permanent residents or citizens after the Supreme Court ...

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A singular nation that cannot and will not be divided, and a promise that everyone within that indivisible nation will be granted conditionless liberty and justice. That’s the kind of promise we want ...

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