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Biden Ditches Alaska Oil Drilling Project That Would’ve Created Thousands Of Jobs

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The Biden administration abandoned an oil and gas drilling project in Alaska approved by former President Donald Trump, which it had previously defended. The Department of the Interior failed to file an appeal to a federal judge’s August decision blocking the multi-billion dollar Willow Project being developed by the Texas-based oil and gas firm ConocoPhillips. Judge Sharon Gleason of the U.S. District Court of the District of Alaska ruled that the federal government hadn’t adequately reviewed the emissions profile of the project, which she said would ultimately harm the environment and wildlife. “Today’s affirmation of our legal victory against the

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Tens Of Thousands Of Afghan Refugees Set To Be Released In The US Without Set Immigration Status

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Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees could be released into the U.S. without a decision about their immigration status, CBS News reported on Thursday. The refugees came to the U.S. on humanitarian parole instead of with visas, and many of them don’t have a way to obtain lawful permanent residence, according to CBS News. Since August, over 55,000 Afghan refugees were evacuated to the U.S., and around 40% of them qualify for special immigrant visas, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “We evacuated them here. We did that. It’s not very equitable to force people to stay in this

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Immigration Judges Kill Legal Pathway For Tens Of Thousands

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Immigration judges killed a legal immigration pathway for tens of thousands of people who were selected for diversity visas in 2021 by failing to schedule interviews or reserve the visas before the fiscal year ended. Congress allotted 55,000 diversity visas for the fiscal year 2021, and the State Department had only issued 13,200 diversity visas by the time one week remained in the fiscal year, immigration attorney Curtis Morrison told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Morrison represents some of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit where over 20,000 people who were selected for diversity visas submitted their paperwork but were never

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Buffalo Man Charged With International Email Scam Targeting Businesses And Defrauding Victims Out Of Hundreds of Thousands Of Dollars

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CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eric Iwu aka James, 32, a Nigerian citizen currently residing in Buffalo, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles M. Kruly, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, the defendant is accused of facilitating a “Business Email Compromise” (BEC) scam, a type of scam typically targeting companies that conduct wire transfers and have

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