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What Are Third-Country Deportations, and Why Is Trump Using Them?The Trump administration is pursuing agreements with third countries to potentially accept U.S. deportees amid ongoing efforts to crack down on unauthorized immigration.
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Religious Repression in QatarThe sentencing of the leader of the tiny Baha’i community in Qatar for innocuous social media posts is part of an indefensible campaign of religious repression by the Qatari government.
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Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Pope Leo XIV's First 100 DaysThomas J. Reese, senior analyst for Religion News Service; Stephen Schneck, commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; and George Weigel, senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discuss Pope Leo XIV’s foreign policy priorities during his first 100 days and the Vatican’s evolving role in international diplomacy. Claire Giangravé, Vatican reporter for Religion News Service, moderates the conversation.
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Women This Week: New Report Shows Historic Representation for Black WomenWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers August 2 to August 8.
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Why Trump Should Reset Relations With Colombia, Not Abandon ThemCutting off assistance to Colombia completely won’t change Gustavo Petro, but it will make the United States less safe.
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How the U.S. Patrols Its BordersPresident Trump’s renewed focus on militarized enforcement of the southern U.S. border has recentered national security in the debate over U.S. asylum, border, and deportation policies.
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Ideology in the College ClassroomA new survey suggests that only a small minority of college professors try to inject their politics into the classroom, but cannot explain why universities continue to permit such abuses.
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Reform in Syria and Syrian SchoolbooksThe optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.
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What Is Temporary Protected Status?Temporary Protected Status has long been used as a humanitarian solution for migrants who are unable to return home safely. President Trump’s renewed efforts to scale back such programs have further fueled the debate over the immigration policy’s use and scope.
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Here’s Where Trump’s Deportations Are Sending MigrantsThe Trump administration’s deportations of undocumented immigrants are accelerating as part of a broader crackdown on unauthorized immigration. The focus so far has been on immigration raids across the country and hundreds of deportation flights, mainly to Latin American countries.
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What Is Birthright Citizenship and Could the Supreme Court End It?The Trump administration’s efforts to nullify birthright citizenship for millions of U.S.-born children could overturn a nearly 160-year legal precedent.
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Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: AI’s Religious and Policy ImplicationsIlia Delio, founder of the Center for Christogenesis and a Franciscan sister of Washington, DC, and Noreen Herzfeld, the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter professor of science and religion at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, discuss how religious worldviews and spiritual traditions can inform global AI policy and explore the role of faith leaders in shaping inclusive, ethical, and internationally responsible governance of artificial intelligence.
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Trump’s Military Response to Protests: A Conversation on Law and PrecedentThe deployment of federal troops in Los Angeles has sparked concerns among some legal experts about the future of civilian-military relations in the United States. Two CFR experts weigh in on the potential implications.
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In Colombia, Is the Clock Turning Back on Security?Colombia and the region are paying the price for slow implementation of the 2016 peace accord, but a turnaround is still possible.