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A child looks out from a door as a Uighur woman walks by in a residential area in Turpan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Daily News Lesson December 17 2021

Dec. 17, 2021: News summary lesson — Senate approves sanctions against China for human rights abuses of Uighur Muslims
Death toll from Kentucky tornadoes rose to 75, Senate approved sanctions against China for abuses against Uighur Muslims
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Daily News Lesson July 06 2018

New challenges in aftermath of family separation
Democratic attorneys general in 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that its family separation policy violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fifth Amendment.
Border Patrol Agents Detain Migrants Near US-Mexico Border
Daily News Lesson June 18 2018

Study guide: How separating children from parents became U.S. government policy
On Monday, the Trump Administration said they would not apologize over its “zero tolerance” policy separating families at the southern U.S. border.

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