Jessica Vaughan

Center for Immigration Studies

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Jessica Vaughan is director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, DC–based think-tank that favors stricter immigration control.

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President Trump's sweeping executive order banning refugees and barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries is just three days old, but has already upended hundreds of…

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CNN reports that Donald Trump was surprised to learn he'll have to appoint an entirely new White House staff. There's passionate conflict over his choice of two top leaders.

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