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IMMIGRATION FREEZE: Trump pauses applications from 19 nations

The Trump administration has paused processing of all immigration applications from 19 countries on its travel ban list, halting asylum and citizenship steps and signaling a major tightening of U S immigration policy

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32,000 - Private sector jobs lost in November according to ADP

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"I don’t want them in our country" — President Donald Trump

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"RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112391599093927612 For years, the Biden Administration weaponized the Justice System against their Political Opponents, and anyone who disagreed with them. One of the clearest examples of this was when Crooked Joe used the FBI and DOJ to “take out” a member of his own Party…"