The two men were seeking "protection inside the jails," he said.
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International law demands that Jordan let in people seeking protection from war.
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Salomon filed docs in Los Angeles Thursday seeking protection from Paris' brother.
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You won't find many stoop-huggers seeking protection for the original buildings.
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Nakumatt went into voluntary supervision earlier this year after seeking protection from its creditors.
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More than 100,000 farmers also sent the government a petition seeking protection from FCTC rules.
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AdBlock Plus has 100 million users seeking protection from ads such as auto-play videos.
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And when it comes to shapewear, it's less clear what people are seeking protection from.
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"For most asylum seekers, seeking protection in Guatemala is not an option," the lawsuit states.
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South Korea's biggest ocean shipping line is seeking protection from its creditors in dozens of countries.
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She went to the U.S. seeking protection and now she is coming home to us dead.
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The company developed the bunker at the request of customers seeking protection against the coronavirus disease.
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But he has said previously that seeking protection from prosecution is a telltale sign of wrongdoing.
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Mr. Trump has said previously that seeking protection from prosecution is a telltale sign of wrongdoing.
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The Australian-born whistleblower faced allegations of sexual assault in Sweden before seeking protection inside the embassy.
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Trader Tim Seymour said he is seeking protection in the iShares iBoxx $ High-yield Corporate Bond ETF.
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He says highly US-focused companies are the smart bet for investors who are seeking protection today.
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Asylum seekers who have arrived at the American border seeking protection have been vilified by this administration.
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They can be counterproductive: as police brutality grows, civilians stop offering tips or seeking protection from the authorities.
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She has focused her career on representing asylum seekers fleeing persecution and seeking protection in the United States.
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It's ironic that companies made possible by cross-border investment are now seeking protection from cross-border trade.
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And by seeking protection from the judicial branch, the executive branch believes it also buys time, McConnell hinted.
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They've said they want to do this to deter future families from seeking protection in the United States.
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The temporary phase of a domestic violence protective order can be the most dangerous time for people seeking protection.
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"Make no mistake—Mexico is not a safe country for all people seeking protection," Huang said in a statement.
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Seeking protection from law enforcement can be the difference between life and death for some victims of domestic violence.
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That said, Gordon is seeking protection since he thinks jitters in the broader market could drag the tech giant lower.
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There were fewer oilfield service companies seeking protection this year than last but those that did have had larger debts.
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The six-year-old company is now seeking protection from its creditors as it attempts to access the lost funds.
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It claimed it filed for Chapter 11 to reorganize its custom cabinetry operation and was legitimately seeking protection from creditors.
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It's a place where people go seeking protection, said Marcus Bachmann, coordinator of Doctors Without Borders projects in South Sudan.
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People plan their routes carefully, sometimes seeking protection from government security forces who are not always up to the task.
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The only way out for the Kurds may be seeking protection from Russia and its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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A SECESSIONIST leader flies into exile, seeking protection after being threatened with a 30-year prison sentence for sedition and rebellion.
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In Bolivia, Evo Morales' predecessor and many of his cabinet members are also in exile, seeking protection from a political vendetta.
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Seeking protection from such a decline, farmer Ron Heck is building a new grain bin on his land in Perry, Iowa.
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Since then, our pro bono lawyers have represented thousands of women and girls like Fauziya seeking protection from gender-based persecution.
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"Make no mistake — Mexico is not a safe country for all people seeking protection," said Amnesty International Executive Director Margaret Huang.
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"Clearly, the entire purpose of this policy is deterrence, to penalize and criminalize people seeking protection in the United States," Govindaiah said.
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So far, 46 states are now seeking protection from the Department of Homeland Security to fend off cyberattacks against their election systems.
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And when a Sunni imam uttered the traditional call to prayer seeking protection from Satan, Yazidis took offence, and violence quickly followed.
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Monday's court filings indicate that not only Arch Coal but dozens of affiliates including Arch Western Resources are seeking protection from creditors.
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The U.S. should remove the cap on SIJS and provide safe passage to the U.S. for children seeking protection under our laws.
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Investors have also been seeking protection from market volatility as trade conflicts between the United States and its trading partners have deepened.
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When a private employer asks someone to sign an NDA, the person (or entity) is seeking protection against suffering a private harm.
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The letter details Mirian's experience in which she fled Honduras in January seeking protection from government violence after her home was tear-gassed.
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LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors have been piling into currency-hedged equity tracker funds, seeking protection against big moves in foreign exchange rates.
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The first attempt to agree to a deal last November stalled amid opposition from Canada, which was seeking protection of its cultural industries.
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But organizers still seeking protection are finding clauses that block any payout, should their event be called off due to the Zika outbreak.
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In 2014, Jenner, 19, filed a U.S. trademark application for the term "Kylie," seeking protection for the term in connection with advertising services.
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Samuel Pérez, newly elected to Guatemala's Congress, said the conditions in Guatemala aren't adequate for its own citizens, but less migrants seeking protection.
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"Older Americans are more likely than ever to find themselves in bankruptcy court, seeking protection from creditors," wrote the authors of the study.
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European countries must also add to the legal options available to refugees from conflict areas and neighboring countries seeking protection in our Continent.
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This approach introduced a new set of special interests, exporters, who could offer countervailing power against the influence of special interests seeking protection.
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This time around, he's recruited by a bounty hunter, Trepp (Simone Missick), who tracks Kovacs down on behalf of another Meth seeking protection.
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The roads were dry and passable, but we ended up mostly walking because so many people had converged around the base, seeking protection.
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As the DCA commissioner noted, the term may over-promise what an institution can do to protect populations seeking protection from detention and deportation.
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The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there.
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"This order is particularly harmful for individuals seeking protection whose cases are more complex or where country conditions are at issue," the complaint says.
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They live in a perpetual limbo, seeking protection as refugees in a country that is among the most reluctant in the world to give it.
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The Trump administration finalized an agreement Thursday that would allow the US to deport migrants seeking protection at the US-Mexico border back to Honduras.
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The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there first.
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Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International, said that for years the organization has documented the threats faced by people seeking protection while traveling in Mexico.
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Commenting on the European migrant crisis, Ban said he was concerned that some European countries were adopting measures to restrict the movement of refugees seeking protection.
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Canada's IRB hears claims from people seeking protection based on parameters outlined under several United Nations conventions, including the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees.
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Much like Eastern Ukrainians seeking "protection" in the form of invasion by Putin's Russia, the 12 stars on blue symbolized to them a cultural non-negotiable.
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They say Mr. Obama's lofty message about the need to welcome those who come to the United States seeking protection has not been matched by action.
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According to Turkish law, the applications of women seeking protection from violence are to be handled within 24 hours by the courts without requiring any evidence.
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In practice, they often penalize black women for seeking protection from abusers if they have the misfortune of needing to call more than once or twice.
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Madani is one of 230,22015 minors who entered Germany alone last year seeking protection from conflict zones and danger, most notably from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
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Merkel, who will run for a fourth term next year, has said it would be particularly repugnant if a refugee seeking protection in Germany was the perpetrator.
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"That the Trump administration has chosen to endanger children by returning families seeking protection to danger in Mexico should surprise no one," Brané said in a statement.
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From herbal blends to essential oils to plain old table salt, there's a wide variety of spiritual tools to choose from if you're seeking protection from negativity.
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Background: PG&E filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, seeking protection on potentially billions of dollars in liability costs for its role in deadly wildfires across California.
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Warren has declined to speak with the news media and is seeking protection from prosecution, saying his spiritual values compel him to help all people in distress.
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The Washington Post last month reported a surge in Mexican families and asylum seekers arriving at the US border seeking protection, alarming Department of Homeland Security officials.
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Those seeking protection against an intensifying trade war between the United States and its economic allies should buy shares of domestic, consumer-facing companies, according to investors.
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Advocates have long complained that unlike Central Americans, the US was sending Mexicans back to the country from which they were seeking protection, putting them in danger.
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BELGIUM Thomas Cook's Belgian unit ceased carrying passengers on Tuesday and liquidated two businesses, seeking protection from creditors and ultimately a buyer for Thomas Cook Retail Belgium.
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The recommendations, however, indicate that asylum-seekers have not been allowed to be interviewed by those officers, who have faced pressure to rule against those seeking protection.
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If applied to a majority of asylum applicants, it could potentially flood Mexican border towns like Tijuana with thousands more people seeking protection in the United States.
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Women seeking protection from abuse currently use housing benefit welfare payments to pay to stay in refuges but the government proposes to give grants to local councils instead.
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Although it has stayed 4.5 percent above its seven-year low set in late February, investors are actively seeking protection against a slide in the event of Brexit.
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Starting this October, immigrants seeking protection in the U.S. will be forced to forego the public aid to which they are legally entitled; they will survive without it.
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"However, Turkey's generous hosting of large numbers of Syrians does not absolve it of its responsibility to help those seeking protection at its borders," the HRW statement added.
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Eighty percent of the report's human rights experts cited refugees or asylum seekers as particularly at risk for torture, especially LGBTQ people seeking protection at the US border.
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It flies in the face of existing law put in place by Congress and changes completely the way that immigrants approaching the border and seeking protection will be treated.
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At the moment women seeking protection can use housing benefit welfare payments to pay to stay in refuges, but the government proposes to give grants to local councils instead.
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In a single 24-hour period, agents in that region had apprehended more than 1,000 migrants, most of them voluntarily turning themselves in and seeking protection under asylum laws.
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The decision permits the administration to begin turning away the vast majority of migrants seeking protection at the US-Mexico border hailing from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and elsewhere.
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Other missing athletes are believed to be seeking protection from religious persecution in their home countries, while still more claim their sexual orientation makes them a target of violence.
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The recommendations, however, indicate that asylum-seekers have not been allowed to be interviewed by those officers, who have faced pressure from CBP to rule against those seeking protection.
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The Mexican government said that the operation was "clearly meant to intimidate" people at the embassy, and that it represented a "siege" against individuals seeking protection under international law.
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Instead of processing the asylum seekers, as is required by international asylum law, some agents are rejecting the individuals seeking protection — or worse, separating the parents from the children.
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The Church of England has two forms of the Lord's Prayer — traditional and contemporary — but both use the same wording in seeking protection from temptation, according to the church's website.
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The company has seen a steep decline in its stock prices over the past few months and said in December it was seeking protection from creditors to pursue a restructuring.
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The company has seen a steep decline in its stock prices over the past few months and said in December it was seeking protection from creditors to pursue a restructuring.
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An asylum-seeker from Honduras who presented himself at the southern border this summer seeking protection was forced to wait in Mexico until his court date in the United States.
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An environmental group has sued the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service pursuing a response to its 2014 petition seeking protection under the Endangered Species Act for Gulf of Mexico Bryde's whales.
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By changing the rules for asylum screenings the government "is erecting an invisible wall," for those seeking protection, said Dree Collopy, an immigration attorney at a Washington, D.C.-based law firm.
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On the "adults with children" docket, largely women and children from Central America fleeing violence and seeking protection in the United States, less than 85033 percent of families have legal representation.
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The truth is "no ocean is going to be wide enough, no wall high enough, to stop people seeking protection and opportunity," he told the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.
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A federal trade agency ruled on Friday in favor of U.S. solar panel manufacturers seeking protection from imports, a move that will potentially disrupt demand for fast-growing renewable energy installations.
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The United States International Trade Commission last week began holding hearings on a petition brought by two U.S. solar panel makers, who are seeking protection from low-cost panels made overseas.
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Conservative students criticize the left for seeking protection from ideas they don't agree with — for defining themselves as victims — and here I am arguing for protection for conservative and libertarian students.
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The ad was intended to drive scared white people to the polls to vote for tough-on-crime Bush, seeking protection from black criminals like Horton and black-friendly candidates like Dukakis.
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Mexico is already struggling to assimilate the surge of migrants seeking protection from the dangers back home — some 230,216 in 2658 — though Mexico itself hardly meets the definition of a safe country.
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The news agency Xinhua, citing government reports, said that nearly 2.5 million people in the province had been affected in some way, with some seeking protection in more than 18,6003 designated shelters.
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In the months since the stay, the administration grew the program exponentially as an attempt to persuade those seeking protection from Central America and elsewhere to avoid coming to the southern border.
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Yet under the Trump administration's latest and perhaps harshest immigration policies and tactics, instead of loving and revering the child seeking protection at our borders, we are harming children and terrorizing families.
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The effect of this bill is to punish for life an extremely vulnerable group of refugees, simply for the legitimate act of seeking protection and, in some cases, seeking reunification with family members.
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A former employee at Tesla's Fremont factory filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the electric carmaker, alleging he was fired in retaliation after seeking protection from anti-gay harassment, The Guardian reported today.
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Last year, a report by the fund into Greek jewellery maker Folli Follie led to an investigation from Greek authorities, the resignation of the company's founders and the firm seeking protection from creditors.
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A recent Trump administration policy requires people seeking protection in the United States to wait for their U.S. court dates in Mexican border towns, part of his hard line stance to halt migration.
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Last year, a report by the fund into Greek jewelry maker Folli Follie led to an investigation from Greek authorities, the resignation of the company's founders and the firm seeking protection from creditors.
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Last year, a report by the fund into Greek jewellery maker Folli Follie led to an investigation from Greek authorities, the resignation of the companies' founders and the firm seeking protection from creditors.
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The sisters, who identified themselves as Maha al-Subaie, 28, and Wafa al-Subaie, 25, posting photos of their passports online, said they were seeking protection from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
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Not only would such a pardon remove the leverage by Mueller from these convictions, it also would punish people like Cohen and former national security adviser Michael Flynn in seeking protection under Mueller.
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Salva Lacruz, a coordinator at the Fray Matías Human Rights Center in Tapachula, a city near the southern border, said many migrants are fleeing life-threatening conditions and are seeking protection in Mexico.
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Xinhua, China's official news agency, citing government reports, said that nearly 2.5 million people in the province had been affected in some way, with some seeking protection in more than 18,000 designated shelters.
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He bemoaned the fact that so many Somali refugees had been allowed to resettle in Minnesota and boasted that he had closed the door to many foreigners seeking protection in the United States.
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The report found that the practice of regulating how many people can enter the US to seek asylum — known as "metering" — likely pushed immigrants seeking protection to take the riskier route of crossing illegally.
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All in all, his recommendations for ETF investors seeking protection in the summer months were: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 409 points at Wednesday's low before recovering to finish the day 1% lower.
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Immigration and human rights advocates have decried the policy, claiming it is in violation of the international right to claim asylum regardless of how one arrives in the country where they are seeking protection.
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The prime minister said Low had contacted him to try to make a deal on 933MDB — seeking protection from prosecution in exchange for providing information, but Mahathir said he had turned down the offer.
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The Trump administration last month introduced a controversial new policy to deny asylum to any migrant who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection in that other country first.
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Former agency officials and immigration lawyers, however, said the decision to charge asylum seekers erased a long-held principle of not placing a financial burden on some of the world's most vulnerable people seeking protection.
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When the US forces withdrew, Syria&aposs Kurds — seeking protection from their No. 1 enemy, Turkey — invited Syrian government and Russian forces into parts of northeastern Syria where they had not set foot in years.
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So while the administration plays politics, the well-being of thousands of children who came to America seeking protection and safety will be put at risk — today and, developmentally, for the rest of their lives.
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"Notably, a dash for government bonds, which remain at their yield lows for the year, and precious metals, suggest at least some investors are seeking protection from a decline in global growth expectations," George said.
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The thread that binds these policies, and many of a similar nature that were enacted in-between, is a repudiation of the United States as a place of refuge for those seeking protection from persecution.
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But the hopes for a special relationship were derailed by Britain's role as a luxurious sanctuary for powerful Putin opponents as well as other wealthy Russians seeking protection from their country's rampant corruption and lawlessness.
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Oi is seeking protection on over 500 million reais ($150 million) of accounts payable to international providers from Nokia Corp and Ericsson to IBM Corp and Alcatel-Lucent SA, according to court documents reviewed by Reuters.
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The Trump administration has repeatedly highlighted the decrease in arrests from last year, which were driven largely by families seeking protection in the US, and attributed them to the multiple policies restricting asylum at the border.
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"I am terrified to be here," said Claudia López Romero, who was returned to Nuevo Laredo two days after turning herself into U.S. Border Patrol, where she was seeking protection because of political persecution in Nicaragua.
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MCALLEN, Texas — Mexican families seeking protection are accusing Border Patrol agents in Arizona of illegally deporting them and denying them access to asylum despite being on United States soil, according to complaints filed with the government.
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Meanwhile, 2600,250 people legally presented themselves at a port of entry in November seeking protection and were either turned away by the U.S. government or willingly withdrew their asylum applications to return to their home countries.
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Meanwhile, 10,600 people legally presented themselves at a port of entry in November seeking protection and were either turned away by the U.S. government or willingly withdrew their asylum applications to return to their home countries.
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The agreement says migrants traveling through Guatemala must apply for asylum there first before seeking protection in the U.S. Morales pushed through the accord even though Guatemala's highest court barred him from doing so without congressional approval.
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"We view some points of the migration pact very critically, such as the mixing up of seeking protection with labor migration," said Kurz, who argues that migrants rescued in the Mediterranean should not be brought straight to Europe.
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Even if the bill passes the House, Senate Democrats are expected to block its passage because they oppose cuts to legal immigration and tying border wall funding to the future of young "Dreamer" immigrants seeking protection from deportation.
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Brookes said Edcon reached "a catastrophic situation in March" and had to choose between seeking protection from creditors - called business rescue in South Africa and similar to Chapter 11 in the United States - or not paying debt holders.
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday proposed hiking a range of fees assessed on those pursuing legal immigration and citizenship, as well as for the first time charging those fleeing persecution for seeking protection in the United States.
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"Only by opening legal, secure, stable and sustainable routes for those seeking protection will it be possible to prevent desperate people putting their own and their children's destinies in the hands of traffickers," he said in a statement.
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Washington (CNN)When Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled that domestic violence and gang victims are not likely to qualify for asylum in the US, he undercut potentially tens of thousands of claims each year for people seeking protection.
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Attorneys speak with both the parent and child about the best option for the child, whether that means returning home or seeking protection in the US. Occasionally the parent and child want two different things, creating further confusion.
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U.S. corporate bankruptcy filings are expected to increase this year, extending an upward trend that began in 2016 with a surge in the number of energy and mining companies seeking protection from creditors, according to New Generation Research Inc.
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"The population should be homogeneous," Eliot told an audience at the University of Virginia in 1933, the year that Hitler came to power and the prospect arose of a mass outpouring of refugees seeking protection from the growing menace.
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European Union leaders met in Brussels on Sunday to attempt to find common ground on the ongoing migration crisis, agreeing to screen asylum seekers seeking protection in Europe at centers in North Africa and the Balkans, the AP reports.
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In the past few weeks, a wave of bets in the derivatives markets have been placed by investors seeking protection against risks from a referendum on Britain's EU membership, now widely expected by markets to take place later this year.
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The Sanctuary movement encourages churches to open their facilities to immigrants seeking protection from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and it straddles political lines; some participating churches lean left, and others do not, but all diverge from the Christian right's party line.
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In August, several groups seeking protection for transgender people — including the Human Rights Campaign, the National Education Association and the National Center for Lesbian Rights — issued a 68-page guide for schools, hoping to provide a blueprint for the White House.
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Asylum status isn't the same as refugee status When people request asylum, they are essentially seeking protection from violence or persecution that keep them from feeling safe in their home country or keep them from returning safely to their home country.
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Boko Haram, an Islamic militant group operating largely in northeast Nigeria, has killed thousands of people, sometimes deploying young boys and girls as suicide bombers to attack markets, mosques and even camps for those seeking protection from the group's fighters.
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Jigsaw runs publishers and organizations seeking protection through an internal screening process that includes checking them against a terrorist watch list, and says it would stop short of protecting a publication like Dabiq, the online magazine published by the Islamic State.
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When they were approached by border agents, de Jesus Mejia-Mejia says she told them she was seeking protection from the US government because of "severe violence and threats of death" she and her son had experienced in Guatemala, including from her husband.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Buying by central banks as well as Chinese investors seeking protection from a weakening currency helped lift demand for gold in the final quarter of last year and the trend looks set to continue, the World Gold Council said on Thursday.
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Reports of recent Trump administration courthouse arrests include a woman seeking protection against domestic violence in Texas, a 20-year resident with a marijuana conviction in Maine, a dairy worker appearing about a DUI Vermont, and a New Yorker facing misdemeanor assault charges.
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"When you put it all together, this is his grand scheme to just close any possibility for people seeking protection -- legally — to claim that protection that they can under the law," Ur Jaddou, a representative for immigration advocacy group America's Voice, told CNN.
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Though the Trump administration and the Mexican government have been relatively mum on the issue, The Washington Post last month reported a surge in Mexican families and asylum seekers arriving at the US border seeking protection, alarming US Department of Homeland Security officials.
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But by 2030, it is projected to slide the economic rankings and instead of pushing itself and its values further into the world, as China, Indonesia and Japan are doing, Australia still seems more interested in circling the wagons and seeking protection.
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As the United States decides what kind of country it wants to be, Americans need to reckon with the humanitarian crisis the current administration has created and what these policies have done to families like ours who have come here seeking protection.
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For the majority of Central Americans I have represented, faith in American rule of law and commitment to human rights are the major draws to the U.S. Trumpian policies pervert these pull factors and use them to punish immigrant parents and children seeking protection.
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The requests are a new approach by migrants in response to President Donald Trump's recent policy that requires people seeking protection in the United States to wait for their U.S. court dates in Mexican border towns, part of his hard line stance to halt migration.
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Article of the Day Before reading the article: Every year people come to the United States seeking protection because they have suffered — or because they fear they will suffer — persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
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Another revision would create a host of new grounds for deeming an asylum claim "frivolous," including if the migrant seeking protection was also trying to obtain work authorization, had used a fraudulent document — knowingly or unknowingly — or did not file in a timely way.
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In the past several days, Mr. Trump has forced out Kirstjen Nielsen, his homeland security secretary, and several other top immigration officials for being too timid about shutting down the border and changing asylum rules to deny entry to migrants seeking protection in the United States.
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A senior official at the Department of Homeland Security said that if a person arrives at the southern border seeking protection without first having sought asylum in one of those three Central American countries that they traveled through, "they will be returned" in order to do so.
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One of the humanitarian crises producing refugees happens to be south of our border, in Central America, and this accounts for the exponential increase in asylum claims and individuals seeking protection in the U.S. through the credible fear system, rather than a sudden increase in fraudulent claims.
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Wednesday's decision is a further example of President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and make it harder to enter the US for Central Americans seeking protection, though the program has the potential to feed the dangerous networks the Trump administration has sought to cut off.
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"When you put it all together, this is his grand scheme to just close any possibility for people seeking protection -- legally -- to claim that protection that they can under the law," said Ur Jaddou, a former chief counsel at US Citizenship and Immigration Services now at immigration advocacy group America's Voice.
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In the past year alone, the administration has forced asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico for their cases to be heard, barred asylum for those who crossed through Mexico, and on Wednesday, began a program to deport those at the southern border seeking protection from Honduras and El Salvador to Guatemala.
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Hafiz told BuzzFeed News her organization has heard countless stories of mothers being detained by ICE, domestic violence and human trafficking survivors thrown in jail while seeking protection from the courts, and immigrant youth who have been in the country since they were toddlers being deported to countries where they have no connections.
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The policy has sent roughly 60,000 asylum-seekers to Mexico as they await the outcome of their immigration proceedings in the US. The policy, which took effect in early 2019, has been a pillar of the Trump administration's approach to not only restrict asylum access but deter those seeking protection from coming to the border.
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A recent government watchdog report found instances of CBP officials deporting asylum-seekers to Mexico after they had entered the US. The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General said the agency broke federal law and went against CBP policy, which requires that immigrants seeking protection who are already in the US be processed.
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In the past year alone, the administration has forced asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico for their cases to be heard in the US, barred asylum for those who crossed through Mexico, and, last Wednesday, began a program to deport those at the southern border seeking protection from Honduras and El Salvador to Guatemala.
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In the final days before launching a controversial plan to send asylum-seekers arriving at the US border to Guatemala, Department of Homeland Security officials were still scrambling to figure out critical details, including how those seeking protection would obtain shelter, food, and access to orientation services, according to government briefing materials obtained by BuzzFeed News.
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Many asylum-seekers cite violence as a reason for seeking protection in the US. More than 23,000 people have been killed in Mexico in the first eight months of 2019, according to data from the Mexican government, a growing figure that at its current rate is expected to surpass the record number of homicides reported in 2018.
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Despite refugee and human rights law prohibitions on rejecting and punishing people for seeking protection, the United States is turning asylum seekers away at its border, ripping children from the arms of asylum-seeking parents, criminally prosecuting asylum seekers for "illegal entry," and holding asylum seekers in immigration jails for long periods even if they meet the government's own release standards.
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In an interview with the New York Times podcast "The New Washington," Mr. Schumer said he pursued an approach that would allow the Democrats to assert themselves as the minority party in coming showdowns over funding the government and increasing the debt limit, while denying Mr. Trump money for his border wall and seeking protection for the undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers.
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"The U visa was created in 2000 by a bipartisan majority in Congress with two important purposes: one, to be a tool for law enforcement to investigate or prosecute criminal activity, and the other is to provide protection for immigrant survivors in coming forward and seeking protection," Cecelia Friedman Levin, senior policy counsel at ASISTA Immigration Assistance, told The Hill.
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This week, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, along with more than 150 other faith-based and community organizations sent a public letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Loretta Lynch urging them to end the unnecessary and inhumane treatment of refugee families and children seeking protection from extreme and unmitigated violence in these three countries, a region known as the Northern Triangle.
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A Honduran asylum-seeker jumps the border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, and crosses into the US. The White House has directed the Department of Homeland Security to implement a deal to send asylum-seekers to Honduras by January, the second in a series of controversial agreements made with Central American countries to deport immigrants seeking protection at the southern border, according to a government document obtained by BuzzFeed News.
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That's partially why the Trump administration's actions are so alarming: Were a transgender discrimination case related to Title IX or Title VII to reach the Republican-majority Supreme Court, a ruling there could create the strongest degree of precedent yet: A ruling against trans rights at the highest level would set legal precedent that would subsequently inform all future rulings about transgender people seeking protection under these laws.
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If this were an administration that even attempted to honor the rights of asylum-seekers, it could instead devote the ample resources it's just received to fix the deficient and error-riddled process that generated these removal orders, address the asylum claims of these families and others seeking protection here with the fairness and compassion that they merit and instead focus on providing aid to address the causes that compel them to flee.
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The back-and-forth decisions centered on the so-called Remain in Mexico Policy —officially called the Migration Protection Protocols — has sent roughly 60,000 asylum-seekers to Mexico as they await the outcome of their immigration proceedings in the US. The policy, which took effect in early 2019, has been a pillar of the Trump administration's approach to not only restrict asylum access but deter those seeking protection from coming to the border.
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