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Doctors Without Borders closing 2 hospitals in Haiti capital

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File - In this March 12, 2018 file photo, supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally before a news conference announcing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to end a program that lets immigrants live and work legally in the United States, outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco. A federal judge in San Francisco has refused to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to stop extending legal status to immigrants from four countries. Judge Edward Chen ruled on Monday, June 25, 2018, that courts have the authority to review the lawsuit over temporary protected status. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Lawsuit over temporary immigration status moves forward

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

In this May 9, 2018 photo, a resident of Little Haiti leaves a house built by a pastor and volunteers in Tijuana, Mexico. Plans by a local church to build a residential community for Haitians hit a roadblock when civil defense officials said there was a flood risk and barred further construction. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Tijuana’s ‘Little Haiti’ stalled but migrants planting roots

By NANCY MOYA - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Activists sue to keep 350,000 would-be illegal immigrants in U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

3+ years prison for stealing dead grandparents’ benefits

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In this March 2, 2018, photo, Jean Fredno Occenc, Walla Walla Community College culinary student from Haiti, attends a cooking class at the school in Walla Walla, Wash. How the Haiti-born cook got here, and enrolled in Walla Walla Community College, is a tale of far more than destiny, however. It's a story of one Tri-Cities family and their unexpected urge to change at least one life. (Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP)

Walla Walla couple helps Haitian man pursue culinary dreams

By SHEILA HAGAR - Associated Press

Correction: Haiti Abuse-Defamation story

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

Annie Lennox to stay on as global ambassador for Oxfam

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Missionary pleads guilty to child abuse in Haiti

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The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is seen here on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Virginia man pleads guilty to traveling to Haiti for sex with minor

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A boy stands on a tarp at the Foyer Notre Dame de la Nativite orphanage on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The State Department is being urged by a group of U.S. senators to pressure the Haitian government into closing the orphanage where several children being adopted by U.S. families have been victims of alleged sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

US senators seek to close Haiti orphanage amid abuse claims

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

The U.S. Embassy in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince was forced to close Monday afternoon after demonstrators took to the streets to protest President Trump's alleged "sh--hole" comments disparaging the Caribbean nation. (Associated Press)

Anti-Trump protest in Haiti prompts U.S. embassy lockdown

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Frank Corbishley, of Coral Gables, Fla., marches in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Haitians face hurdles after protected-status renewal delays

By PHILIP MARCELO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press

Frank Corbishley, of Coral Gables, Fla., marches in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The Latest: Haitians angry over denial of guest worker visas

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FILE - In this June 27, 2017 photo, Ronald Smith gets on his bicycle after stopping at the Triple S Food Mart, where Alton Sterling was shot by police one year ago, in Baton Rouge, La. A year later, visitors routinely stop by the store to photograph the mural of Sterling's smiling face on its aluminum siding. Loved ones of Sterling killed by police and two law enforcement officers, one black, one white, ambushed and killed 12 days later in that city will take part in a discussion on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 in Dallas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

The Latest: Thousands gather in Memphis where King was slain

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President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Trump says Sen. Durbin misrepresented discussion

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President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump goes after the Dem who surfaced his immigration remark

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., answers questions during an interview at The Associated Press bureau in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Tom Cotton hits Dick Durbin’s ‘sh—hole’ story: ‘A history of misrepresenting’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump defends self after comments, says: ‘I’m not a racist’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, to travel to Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump defends vulgar remarks while partly denying them

By JILL COLVIN and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press