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Fear, language barriers hinder contact tracing of immigrants

Only a handful of contact tracers working to carry COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Spanish populations. Churches and advocacy groups in the Houston area are trying to persuade immigrants to cooperate when health officials call. And in California, immigrants are being trained as contact persons …

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Government watchdog finds that top Trump DHS officials are not suitable for their positions

Two top officials from the Homeland Security Department (DHS), including the acting secretary, were illegally appointed to their positions, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Friday. The GAO found that acting secretary Chad WolfChad WolfFederal agencies seize, remove cryptocurrency campaigns from major terrorist organizations First …

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