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The New National Integration Plan: Making the Most of a Historic Opportunity

A discussion with the Director of The White House Domestic Policy Council on the content of the new National Integration Plan delivered to the President by the recently created White House Task Force on New Americans, along with the plan for implementation.




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The New National Integration Plan: Making the Most of a Historic Opportunity

A discussion with the Director of The White House Domestic Policy Council on the content of the new National Integration Plan delivered to the President by the recently created White House Task Force on New Americans, along with the plan for implementation.




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Examining Point Systems as a Method for Selecting Immigrants

Testimony of MPI President Demetrios G. Papademetriou before the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.




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Examining 287(g): The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in Immigration Law

Testimony of Muzaffar Chishti, Director of MPI's Office at New York University Law School, before the House Homeland Security Committee. 




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America’s Immigration System: Opportunities for Legal Immigration and Enforcement of Laws against Illegal Immigration

Testimony of Muzaffar Chishti, Director of MPI's office in New York, before the House Judiciary Committee.




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Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children

Testimony of Margie McHugh, Co-Director of MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, U.S. House of Representatives.




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A Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Policies and Procedures for the Apprehension, Detention, and Release of Non-Citizens Unlawfully Present in the United States

Letter submitted by Marc R. Rosenblum, Deputy Director, U.S. Immigration Program, at the request of the Minority Staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for the February 25, 2015 joint subcommittee hearing reviewing apprehension, detention, and release policies regarding unauthorized immigrants.




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An Examination of the Administration's Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program

Testimony of Doris Meissner, Director of MPI's U.S. Immigration Policy Program, before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest regarding the Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program that began in December 2014.




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Transnational Organized Crime Groups, Immigration, and Border Security: Connections, Distinctions, and Proposals for Effective Policy

Testimony of Andrew Selee, President of MPI, before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration on December 12, 2018 regarding the intersections of transnational crime, immigration, and border security.




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Yellowknife memorial garden hopes to return to 'spectacular glory' with new repairs

The city of Yellowknife is hoping make repairs to a local memorial garden this summer, after it has been the target of vandalism and has fallen into disrepair for a variety of reasons in recent years.



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Winnipeg technicians volunteer to give health-care workers free oil changes

On the last day of its week-long promotion, Super Lube Auto Centre's McPhillips Street location had dozens of health-care workers lining the streets in their vehicles as they waited for an oil change on the house.



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Winnipeg teens were ready for 'grittier rock 'n' roll' of Little Richard, recalls veteran musician

Drummer Owen Clark, 81, said in the 1950s, Manitoba teenagers would dance to Little Richard all night long. The 87-year-old rock pioneer died on Saturday morning.



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No new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Saturday; number in hospital drops to 4

The total number of cases in the province remains 284, with 30 now considered active.



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Anti-lockdown supporters rally against COVID-19-related restrictions outside Manitoba legislature

A group that says pandemic-related restrictions are more harmful than COVID-19 itself held a rally at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Saturday.



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Winnipeg group gives free bikes to Indigenous students in need of transportation

A new program is giving bicycles to Indigenous youth who move to Winnipeg for school to help them get around the city as they pursue their studies.




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Exposure to racial residential segregation associated with worse cognitive performance in mid-life

A study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that black subjects who were exposed to highly segregated neighborhoods in young adulthood exhibited worse performance in cognitive skills in mid-life.




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New discovery could end chronic rejection of transplanted organs

Chronic rejection of transplanted organs is the leading cause of transplant failure, and one that the field of organ transplantation has not overcome in almost six decades since the advent of immunosuppressive drugs enabled the field to flourish.




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Quebec daycare workers scramble to prepare for regional reopening Monday

There has been a surge in demand for spots in most regions as businesses reopen and parents go back to work. Daycare operators need to figure out how to shuffle around the children of essential workers. 



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Sweden: Administrative Court Upholds Prohibition on Sale of COVID-19 Test Kits

(May 8, 2020) On May 4, 2020, the Administrative Court of Uppsala ruled that sales of Zandcell AB’s COVID-19 test kits were prohibited in Sweden because the producer had not proven that the product met the legal requirements for medical devices under Swedish and European Union law. (Uppsala Administrative Court, Decision No. 240-20 (May 4, […]




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Elon Musk sues California officials, vows to pull Telsa from state over COVID-19 restrictions

Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened Saturday to pull the company's factory and headquarters out of California and sued local officials who have stopped the company from reopening its electric vehicle factory.





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This Indian life by Shoba Narayan: Learning life lessons at the local bazaar – Hindustan Times

This Indian life by Shoba Narayan: Learning life lessons at the local bazaar  Hindustan Times



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After flip-flops, IndiGo clarifies pay cut for senior employees will be for entire 2020-21 – Moneycontrol

After flip-flops, IndiGo clarifies pay cut for senior employees will be for entire 2020-21  MoneycontrolCovid-19: IndiGo's senior employees to face pay cut up to 25% for entire FY21  LivemintAfter Flip-Flops, IndiGo Announces Pay Cu...



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Tessitore, McFarland out of Monday Night Football booth: report

The tandem of Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland won't return to ESPN's "Monday Night Football" broadcast booth, according to media reporter Richard Deitsch of The Athletic.



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Communicating art whole-heartedly

A team of artists from the OM Arts School of Mission reach out locally to people with special needs in Val Pellice, Italy.




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OM Italy launches anti-trafficking ministry 

The coordinator of OM Italy’s anti-trafficking ministry describes the birth of the ministry through meeting a Nigerian woman forced into prostitution in Rome.




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Transform outreach casts vision for trafficking ministry

Participating in a Transform outreach to trafficked women gave OMer Erika Tello the vision of founding the OM Italy anti-trafficking ministry.




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Clowning around in Italy

The experience of a group of young people going on an outreach in Italy after Transform 2013.




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OM Italy hosts ‘Nefarious’ screening

Tesori Raggianti, OM Italy's anti-trafficking ministry, hosts a 'Nefarious' screening in a local theatre.




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Community living, Jesus style

How do you shine God’s light to people in the community in which God has placed you?




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International arts festival impacts Italian community

Artists present visual and performing arts during the international art Festival Week hosted by OM Arts International’s Incarnate programme.




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Transform 2016: A refugee’s prayer - An insight into short-term refugee ministry

Meeting Christian refugees praying for European governments made a deep impression on a Transform participant. For another, the term ‘refugee’ got a whole new meaning.




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Combining personal passion with ministry

Ride2Transform allows teams on two wheels to pedal far and wide, praying and sharing the love of Christ in least reached areas in Europe and Africa.




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A vibrant community emerges

“Aren’t there enough churches in Italy?” Not to reach the 50,000 people in Pisa, says OM team, who plants La Torre.




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Ministering God’s Word in Urfa

God opens doors for an international team to minister in Urfa, Turkey, an ancient city with no Christian church and only a handful of believers.




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Married and ministering together

Newly married couple temporarily in Turkey uses spare time and unexpected opportunities to reach out to refugees.




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Golden years, new beginnings

While other couples in their fifties talk about retirement, Philip and Riana Dyason are talking about a new beginning: pioneer ministry in Russia.




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UNIC ministers to students

Unite Nations in Cape Town (UNIC) works alongside two local universities, building friendships with the international students for God’s kingdom.




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Undeniable power of prayer

Australian outreach participant Kathryn Jenkin testifies to how God used her prayers while on outreach in Lesotho.




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Missions Discipleship Training in OM

OM has trained thousands of young people into a stronger relationship with Christ and prepared them for the mission field.




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Combining personal passion with ministry

Ride2Transform allows teams on two wheels to pedal far and wide, praying and sharing the love of Christ in least reached areas in Europe and Africa.




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Learning by doing

Students of OM Russia's Discipleship Centre learn not only through theory but by hands-on practical experience.




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Anniversary of discipleship ministry

OM Russia celebrated the 10th anniversary of the discipleship ministry.




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Abandoning ruinous traditions

A woman from a least-reached group of people accepted Christ during Discipleship Centre student outreach.




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Living and engaging in a Muslim community

After discovering his freedom in Christ and being discipled, former drug addict Ruslan wants to share hope with the least reached.




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School project impacts community

A school-wide clean-up drive organised by OM Philippines' Sudlon II students becomes a community-wide clean-up drive hosted the third Saturday of every month.




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Empowering sustainable ministries

OM Philippines will host three training sessions this month in an effort to see sustainable, transformational and developmental ministries grow in Cebu City.




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Holiday Bible class becomes community event

The OM Philippines-Cebu team, in partnership with the local church, touches the lives of young and old through a five-day Bible class.




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Running the relief marathon

How OM Philippines is making a long-term difference in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.