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Political Rewind: Coffee County saga; Immigration stunts; Braves face political fastball

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Confidence in election integrity remains a concern for voters as the Secretary of State's Office replaces voting machines in Coffee County. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves' trip to the White House pitches political fastballs for state Republicans and Democrats.

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Candidates for governor Stacey Abrams (left) and Gov. Brian Kemp address educators in June 2022 at the Georgia School Boards Association conference in Savannah.

Political Rewind: Abrams on Fulton probe; Mexicans trafficked to Georgia; CFP returns to ATL

Friday on Political Rewind: While President Biden loses support from many Democrats, Stacey Abrams and Sen. Raphael Warnock haven't disavowed him yet. Meanwhile, Gov. Brian Kemp attacked federal spending packages he says drove inflation, but he also spent federal funds to win voters' favor. 

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Demonstrators hold up signs outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in New Orleans on Wednesday as a panel of judges heard arguments on the Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the U.S. as children.

Appeals court hears arguments over GOP-leaning states' suit to end DACA

A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program dead but left it intact while his order is appealed by the Justice Department and advocacy groups.

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  • The Associated Press
A migrant family stands waiting to be processed on Thursday in Roma, Texas.

Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education

Gov. Greg Abbott says the court's ruling in 1982 has imposed an unfair burden on Texas.

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  • Bill Chappell
Ukrainian refugees wait in a bus stop near the Mexico border in early April. The arrival of hundreds of Ukrainians at the border since the war began has added more pressure on the Biden administration to lift Title 42.

What to know about Title 42, the Trump-era policy now central to the border debate

A decades-old public health order is back in the spotlight as it's set to expire next month — a move that is long-overdue for immigration advocates. Here are some Title 42 basics, and some history.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
Customs and Border Protection agents apprehend a group of Brazilian migrants in Otay Mesa, Calif., in August 2021.

The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration

The Biden administration is moving to end sweeping pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 on May 23. The controversial public health order was used to quickly expel migrants at the border.

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  • Laurel Wamsley
A collage of images of Four-leaf clovers, Brian Kemp and a school. These are all subjects discussed on today's show.

Political Rewind: St. Patrick's Day ties; Kemp signs midyear budget; Perdue heads to Mar-a-Lago

Thursday on Political Rewind: As Georgia celebrates St. Patrick's Day, Gov. Brian Kemp finds his own pot of gold by signing off on an extensive midyear budget. Meanwhile, Republican gubernatorial challenger David Perdue heads to Mar-a-Lago and the state Senate advances another bill that will give the state more reach in schools. 

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A U.S. Border Patrol agent processes a group of migrants in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Democratic lawmakers and immigrant advocates are urging President Biden to end Title 42 border restrictions.

Pressure to end pandemic restrictions mounts as Ukrainians reach the U.S. border

One Ukrainian family was allowed to enter the U.S. after being denied entry under border restrictions known as Title 42. The Biden administration faces renewed pressure to end the Trump-era policy.

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  • Joel Rose
Immigration activists rally near the White House on Oct. 7, 2021. The group demonstrated for immigration reform and urged President Biden to authorize a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

A year after mobilizing for Biden, young supporters feel let down on immigration

Young people helped mobilize voters for President Biden. Many now feel Biden hasn't pushed hard enough to deliver on the immigration goals he set.

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  • Franco Ordoñez
Blend, a Kurd from Iraq, considers himself lucky. He has only spent 14 days in a camp on the Belarusian side of the border and five days in the woods after crossing to the Polish side. When his kidney problems started to become unbearable because of lack of food and water for the last days, and he couldn't walk longer, volunteers from Polish aid organizations arrived to help.

This photographer captured how activists helped migrants at the Poland-Belarus border

Polish-based photographer Kasia Strek documented what it was like for migrants and people in Poland as the crisis evolved at the border in November.

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  • Kasia Strek and
  • Marco Storel
Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla., in Feb. 2019 The American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of thousands of immigrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border on Oct. 3, 2019.

Justice Department breaks off talks on compensation for separated families

The U.S. has left negotiations about paying monetary damages to families who were forcibly separated while seeking to enter at the southern border during the Trump administration.

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  • Joel Rose and
  • Vanessa Romo
Claudio Rojas, who was deported from the U.S. in 2019, is silhouetted against a curtained window of his home in Moreno, Argentina, on May 8, 2021. He was able to return to the U.S. in August.

An immigrant activist says ICE deported him in retaliation. Now he's back in the U.S.

The Biden administration has allowed several prominent immigrants' rights activists back into the U.S. after they charged that immigration authorities were retaliating against them for speaking out.

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  • Joel Rose
Migrants leave Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Oct. 27 as they continue their trek north toward Mexico's northern states and the U.S. border.

U.S. will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers

Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans to comply with a court order.

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  • The Associated Press
Migrants from Haiti get caught on a crevasse along the Acandiseco river, Colombia.

A once-remote patch of rainforest is now packed with migrants trying to reach the U.S.

More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many.

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  • John Otis
The Rio Grande is seen from the International Bridge near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border where a father and daughter drowned attempting to cross into the United States in 2019, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Oscar Alberto Martinez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, had migrated from El Salvador and planned to seek political asylum in the U.S. when they died.

Poetry inspired by a viral photo of drowned migrants wins the National Book Award

Photos of a father and his young daughter, drowned in the Rio Grande, underlined the deadly risks of the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Martín Espada drew on them for his book Floaters.

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  • Bill Chappell