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Saturday's Headlines: ICE raids target workers, but few companies are charged

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ICE raids target workers, but few companies are charged
Prosecuting corporations, as opposed to individual workers or managers, for immigration-related offenses has slowed further under the Trump administration, records show.
A Trump construction crew has relied on immigrants without legal status
A little-known company owned by the president has continued to use undocumented workers for projects on his properties, according to past and current crew members.
 
As his community diversified, El Paso suspect learned to hate
Relatives say he was radicalized online. Classmates and others say that changing demographics in suburban Texas might have played a role in his worldview.
 
Shooting suspect said he was targeting 'Mexicans,' police say
Law enforcement officials saw Patrick Crusius get out of a stopped car with his hands up, according to a police affidavit. "I'm the shooter," Crusius is described as saying.
 
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Trump says Democrats will call 'anybody' racist. Here's a list of times he's used that label.
President Trump has called at least 22 things and people "racist" in the past two decades.
 
'She was shaking': Court filings describe system Jeffrey Epstein allegedly used to procure girls
Newly unsealed documents lay out disturbing details about the financier's alleged abuse and the number of people in his orbit who could have observed them.
 
Kenya's Pokomo people ask the British to return what was stolen: Their source of power
The request for their sacred drum comes amid a fierce debate over whether institutions that benefited from colonialism have any right to keep plundered objects.
 
 
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ISIS is not defeated. Neither Trump nor Democrats should pretend it is.
Eight black women — including Michelle Obama — on Toni Morrison's legacy
I'm a gun owner and NRA member. I support red-flag laws.
Are D.C. residents really ready to live in a 'sex tourist destination'?
A worried nation wonders: How can we keep Wayne LaPierre safe?
America is turning against guns
 
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Warning against nationalism, Pope Francis says recent speeches echo 'Hitler in 1934'
As Italy's populist government appeared to be on the verge of collapse, an Italian daily published an interview in which the pontiff called for a united Europe while describing nationalist rhetoric as "frightening thoughts."
 
Trump's pick for intelligence chief is a respected Special Operations veteran
Joseph Maguire doesn't have as extensive an intelligence background as previous directors of national intelligence, but he is widely admired for his leadership skills.
 
Why one family mourning El Paso victims chose to meet with Trump
Tito Anchondo, who lost his brother and sister-in-law in the El Paso rampage, said he sought to meet the president to share his family's pain.
 
Airport sit-ins, citywide strikes and street protests: What's happening in Hong Kong?
The protest movement that began in June has since ballooned into a wide-ranging rebuke of Beijing's influence. Struggling to keep up with what's happening in Hong Kong? Here are some key questions, answered.
 
The Fix | Analysis
Why is the Iowa State Fair such a big deal for presidential hopefuls?
What happens at the Iowa fair can echo through an entire presidential race.
 
Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered
That time Trump fired Rod Blagojevich on 'Celebrity Apprentice' for Harry Potter incompetence
It was April 2010, and Blagojevich was braced for what he was about to hear. The disgraced former Illinois governor and his partners were in trouble — and Donald Trump was their judge.
 
Outback Steakhouse told family to leave because special-needs son was too loud
A manager at the restaurant in Maryland told the family that another customer had complained about the noise from their 4-year-old child.
 
Post Reports | Listen Now
Nearly all mass shootings are committed by men. Why isn't masculinity a bigger part of the debate?
Nicki DeMarco reports on the often-overlooked connection between masculinity and gun violence. And Geoff Edgers on a run of Vegas shows that defined Elvis's legacy.
 

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