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Chicago officials seek to shield Biden from protesters at Democratic convention by denying permits

Chicago’s Democratic mayor is moving to keep protesters miles away from the Democratic National Convention in the city in August, blocking pro-Palestinian protesters’ requests for permits to help insulate President Biden. A lawyer representing one of the planned protests calls the city’s actions a heavy-handed, unconstitutional restriction of free speech. College campuses across the U.S. […]

DHS renews work permits for hundreds of thousands of migrants

Homeland Security granted a 540-day extension on work permits to as many as 800,000 immigrants, many of whom arrived illegally, saying the economy is depending on them. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it has been overwhelmed by requests for work permits, driven largely by the border surge, and is struggling to process them while […]