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WASHINGTON 鈥?The number of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. illegally has declined so sharply over the past decade that for the first time, they no longer make up the majority of that category, according to an estimate by the Pew Research Center Wednesday.But the number of Central Americans in the country illegally is increasing 鈥?from 1.5 millio stanley germany n in 2007 to 1.9 million in 2017, the study found.Pew, like other researchers, cited declining Mexican birth rates as a major reason. In 2015, Pew reported that more Mexicans were leaving the U.S. than arriving, another milestone marking the end of one of the greatest waves of immigration in U.S. history, dating back to 1965 and ending around the time of the Great Recession.The numbers reflect the conundrum the U.S. is facing at the southern border: The number of Central American migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is rising dramatically, and they are not easi stanley cup usa ly returned over the border 鈥?unlike in previous years, when the majority of the border crossers were single men from Mexico.There were about 4.9 million Mexicans in the U.S. illegally in 2017, down 2 million from 2007. The decrease was the major driver in bringing down the overall population of immigrants in the country illegally. In 2017 it was about 10.5 million 鈥?the lowest since 2004. The research group found the peak was in 2007 at about 12.2 million. Previously, Mexican nationals made up most of that population. Now, its a combination, stanley thermos with Central America having the se Iizp Pandemic highlights opportunity gaps in public schools
WASHINGTON 鈥?Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday challenging a National Security Agency surveillance program.Represented by former Virginia attorney general, and faile stanley cup d gubernatorial candidate, Ken Cuccinelli, Paul filed his suit at 11 a.m. stanley borraccia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.Pauls lawsuit is the latest to challenge NSA surveillance, but its the first to be filed by a member of Congress. It also seeks to distinguish itself as a class-action lawsuit, on behalf of many U.S. residents. Ultimately, a judge will decide whether to certify the case as a class action or not. I expect this case to go all the way to the Supreme Court, and I predict the American people will win, Paul said.Various courts have, to date, come to different conclusions about the NSA surveillance program that scoops up bulk telephone and email data. One federal judge determined last December that the mass data collection was likely to be unconstitutional; another judge, in a different case, concluded otherwise.The lawsuit names President Barack Obama and several top national security officials as defendants.Members of Congress do not have a great track record in challenging executive actions in court. Among other hurdles, they must overcome the issue of standing, which includes demonstrating they have suffered actual harm. There also is a judicial predilection not stanley usa to interfere with political matters to overcome.In 2011, for instance, then-Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D- |