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September 15, 2024

Alabama Politics

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Trump vows ‘large deportations’ after comments about Haitians spark Springfield, Ohio bomb threats

Authorities said there are no credible or detailed reports to support debunked allegations that Haitian immigrants are eating domestic pets and birds in parks.

By The Associated Press

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Politics

Wes Allen’s voter purge program targeted Alabama’s naturalized citizens, lawsuit claims

An American-born man was victimized by Allen’s plan to purge noncitizens from rolls, the lawsuit contends.

By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com

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Katie Britt among 16 Senate Republicans calling on Biden to end ‘illegal’ Haitian migrants program

The senators claimed the program, which also includes Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, contains "fundamental fraud, failure, and illegality."

By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com

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First lady Jill Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin make stop at Alabama's Maxwell Air Force Base

Biden and Austin visited a pre-kindergarten at Maxwell as part of an effort to promote early childhood education.

By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com

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Biden: Trump’s claims Haitians in Ohio eat dogs has ‘no place in America’

The Haitian-American community “is under attack in our country right now,” Biden said. “It’s simply wrong. There’s no place in America."

By Michael Wilner and Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald (TNS) and Tribune Media Services

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Tuberville slams Mayorkas for Haitian refugee program: ‘American lives and property are at risk’

Tuberville said Alabama is experiencing “an unanticipated influx of thousands of Haitians to rural towns where resources are already strained.”

By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com

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