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Donald Trump understood something that many Washington insiders missed. Many Americans and some naturalized citizens bristle at elected officials constantly defending the rights of non-Americans to migrate here illegally -- and to be rewarded for breaking the law with a path to citizenship. Toward that end, and in deference to his campaign promises, Trump seems primed to deport undocumented immigrants and withhold some federal funds from sanctuary cities like San Francisco. Trump has dispensed with some of his magical thinking. For example, Trump has ditched his one-time (but impossible to fulfill) promise to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants....

Samia El Alaoui Talibi walks her beat in a cream-colored head scarf and an ink-black robe with sunset-orange piping, an outfit she picked up at a yard sale. After passing a bulletproof window, El Alaoui Talibi trudges through half a dozen heavy, locked doors to reach the Muslim faithful to whom she ministers in the women's cellblock of the Lille-Sequedin Detention Center in far northern France. It took her years to earn this access, said El Alaoui Talibi, one of only four Muslim holy women allowed to work in French prisons. "Everyone has the same prejudices and negative image of...

State drops Christian children's home Will no longer refer kids to facility because of church-attendance policy Posted: April 1, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Because the Tennessee Department of Children's Services disapproves of a successful children's home's practice of taking its child residents to church each week, the state agency will no longer refer children to the care facility. The new government policy seeks to ensure the religious freedom of the children under the state's care in compliance with a federal court order that requires a state contract for all children's care providers. Those who run the Tennessee...

WEAPONS OF CHOICE Prosecuted homeowner blasts officials Man who shot intruder urges lawmakers to 'stick to parade schedules' Posted: January 22, 2004 6:00 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A Chicago-area homeowner prosecuted after shooting an intruder has written a letter urging local officials to stop hindering citizens from protecting their families and "stick to parade schedules and planting our parks." Hale DeMar, 54, of Wilmette, Ill., wounded a burglar who entered his kitchen Dec. 29, shortly after saying good night to his children upstairs. But DeMar was charged with violating a local ordinance banning possession of handguns. Police Chief George...