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Each year, the U.S. gets about 1,000 applications from immigrant families in the U.S. seeking permission to stay in the country and not face deportation so family members can continue lifesaving medical care that is not available in their home countries.
But the Trump administration recently told families who were granted permission to stay for medical care that their permission to stay has been rescinded and they have 33 days to leave the country. The policy, which was not publicly announced, is being applied retroactively to any requests filed on or before Aug. 7.
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A large anti-fluoride billboard outside Dunedin Airport lasted just a couple of days before workers were instructed to tear it down.
The billboard, which said fluoridated water "lowers kids' IQs'', was not the sort of message the airport wanted outside its doors, a spokeswoman said.
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A new organiser is being sought for the Nelson Santa parade after organisers quit following the Māori Santa backlash.
Nelson councillor Gaile Noonan said a new organiser for the parade would be announced this week.
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Read more: Nelson Santa Parade Trust steps down after Māori Santa controversy
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The Green Party seems to have accidentally given away a clue about the Government's hotly-anticipated KiwiBuild reset: that a rent-to-own scheme could be in the mix.
On Monday afternoon, two days out from the Government announcing the reset, Newshub received a text from the Greens about the party's rent-to-own policy, saying "if rent-to-own is included in the KiwiBuild reset on Wednesday did you want to talk to Marama? You can cancel if it's not included."
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Read more: Greens may have given away clue about KiwiBuild reset
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Terry Ennis says having a mortgage in retirement is not as bad as it's sometimes made out to be.
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Read more: Retired, with a mortgage at 103: People ask how I cope
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/115467693/retired-with-a-mortgage-people-ask-how-i-cope
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A woman who lived through one of the most severe potential complications of measles is warning others to take the illness seriously.
Sarah Williams came down with encephalitis - swelling of the brain - when she was 9 years old, and spent weeks in hospital and months of rehabilitation after getting the condition.
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Auckland's distracted drivers will be targeted by police during a month-long crackdown.
During September, officers throughout the Auckland region will be focused on distracted drivers - particularly those using their phones behind the wheel.
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The Invercargill community has been left disgusted after pictures emerged on social media of a destroyed headstone in one of its cemeteries.
A woman posted photos of the headstone to a Facebook group on Monday afternoon.
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Read more: Headstone destroyed in 'disgusting' attack at Invercargill cemetery
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/headstone-destroyed-in-disgusting-attack-at-invercargill-cemetery.html
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