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Trump's Asylum Policy Under Review

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 The Biden Administration is the works of removing President Trump's asylum policy. The Supreme Court ruled yesterday to take under consideration the removal of this immigration program. The courts should arrive at a decision by late June or early July, Under this program, asylum seekers from third-world countries and traveled through Mexico. They must await approval at the Mexico border before entering the United States.  This program was put in place in the early months of 2019 and since then there have been over 10,000 people waiting at the U.S. border. The conditions that asylum seekers are staying in are no where near sanitary. According to an article from the New York Times, there have been numerous reports of sexual assault, kidnapping, and torture from these tent encampments. Early on in his presidency, Biden immediately looked to end this program, but many southern bordering states sued on the basis of providing government services to immigrants.  Biden must rest...

Safe Injection Sites? Good or Bad?

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The United States Justice Department is in the realm of maybe allowing 'safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics with protections against fatal overdoses.'  The Trump administration was fully against these types of facilities. They fought against a plan that Pennsylvania legislators had as they wanted to open a site in Philadelphia. When the Supreme Court did not take the case in October of last year, New York took this as an opportunity to open their own.  The city calls these two facilities in New York "overdose prevention centers." They are a well-monitored place where drug users can 'safely' intake these drugs and they have staff and the supplies they need to reverse an overdoes if it occurs.  People who are for these centers say this will decrease the death rate as more that 100,000 Americans died from May 2020 to April 2021 from drug overdoes. On the other side, people are saying that this would encourage more illegal drug use and rundown...

No Vaccine, No Serving Our Country

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The Army has made the final decision that if active service members do not receive to COVID-19 vaccine, they will be immediately dismissed. Army is the final military wing to make the decision to let go members who refuse the vaccine. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force have already dismissed members who have not received the vaccine. There is roughly around 3,300 active members of the Army who have not been fully vaccinated. The Army has already sent out written notices to about 3,000 of the unvaccinated personnels saying they need to immediately receive the vaccine or they will be let go. This news has trickled down from the Pentagon as they say getting the vaccine is critical when it comes to the health and safety of the force. On the other hand, there have been approximately 3,000 members who have requested medical or religious exemptions.  Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said, "Unvaccinated soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness."  The coronavirus...