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This March 18, 2020, file photo taken in Idaho shows a form for the U.S. Census 2020. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, File)

2020 census missed Black, Hispanic residents

The 2020 census got the country's total right but undercounted Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents while overcounting White and Asian residents, the Census Bureau announced Thursday.

March 10, 2022
In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., arrives for a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican incumbents Fleischmann and Phil Roe easily won their primaries on Thursday, as they seek a return to their U.S. House seats for another two years. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress dings ICE on overdue deportation numbers

Congress delivered a spanking to ICE in the new spending bill this week, prodding the agency to release long-overdue reports on how immigration enforcement fared during the first year under President Biden.

March 9, 2022
A pair of migrant families from Brazil seeking asylum walk through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Republicans preserve $1.9 billion in border wall cash in 2022 spending bill

Republicans preserved nearly $2 billion in unspent border wall construction money as part of the government-wide spending bill announced Wednesday, and also won increases in funding for ICE and the Border Patrol, dashing hopes of immigrant-rights advocates who'd called for deep cuts.

March 9, 2022
Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, addresses the media during a press conference to discuss security measures taken in advance for the Super Bowl NFL Football game Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

DHS grants protected status to Ukrainians in U.S.

The Homeland Security Department granted Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians in the U.S. on Thursday, giving both illegal immigrants and those here on short-term visas a chance to remain and work for up to 18 months amid their country's chaos.

March 3, 2022
Refugees fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine walk on a platform after disembarking from a train in Zahony, Hungary, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. At the train station in the Hungarian town of Zahony on Wednesday, more than 200 Ukrainians with disabilities — residents of two care homes in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv — disembarked into the cold wind of the train platform after an arduous escape from the violence gripping Ukraine. (AP Photo/Balazs Kaufmann)

Biden dodges issue of relief for Ukrainians in U.S.

President Biden's tough talk this week for Russia and words of comfort for Ukraine didn't extend to tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens already here in the U.S., who fear having to return to their war-torn home country.

March 2, 2022
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed on a podium at Miami International Airport in this Nov. 20, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Biden administration restarts troubled Iraqi refugee program

The State Department said it is reviving an Iraqi refugee program that was abruptly shut down early last year after investigators discovered government employees had been pilfering files in order to help people file bogus applications.

March 2, 2022
First lady Jill Biden greets her guest Ukraine Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova as Markarova arrives in the first lady's box in the chamber of the House of Representatives before the State of the Union address by President Joe Biden to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

Biden’s guest list for State of the Union falls flat

Ukraine's ambassador had a prime seat for President Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday, with an invitation to sit next to first lady Jill Biden and accept the accolades of an enthusiastic Congress.

March 1, 2022