Rep. Omar is a cosponsor of the Dream and Promise Act. The new legislation would provide permanent protections for undocumented immigrant youth and those under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED).
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Report: Chinese hackers targeted Southeast Asian nations
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West Texas man acquitted in fatal shooting of police officer
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Lawyers deny spy suspect discussed fleeing to evade arrest
Lawyers for a Maryland woman charged along with her husband in a scheme to sell Navy submarine secrets to a foreign government denied Wednesday that she had contemplated fleeing the United States to avoid arrest. Instead, they said, contempt for then-President Donald Trump was behind the couple's emigration plans.
