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DELAWARE In Delaware, Republican Lauren Witzke, Independent Mark Turley, and Libertarian Nadine Frost are vying for a seat in the U.S. Senate currently held by incumbent Democrat Chris Coons.

Witzke says some key issues shes focusing on are restoring family values and addressing the opioid epidemic.

It is something Im really passionate about, and yes its the reason I decided to run. It was really important to me to address the opioid epidemic, said Witzke.

Her platform consists of a full ten-year moratorium on all immigration adding that immigration reform will help end the opioid epidemic.

If we can reform our immigration system, we can secure our southern border, restore our families, we can end the opioid epidemic, said Witzke.

Meanwhile, businessman and independent Mark Turley says hes pledged to provide affordable health care for all and to push for a balanced federal budget.

At the end of the day, youre seeing a lot of balanced federal budget conversations going in Washington D.C., but nothing firmly being done about it, said Turley.

He says hes able to come up with solutions without having ties to the Democrat or Republican parties or even large businesses.

I have no ties to either party, said Turley.

I have no ties to big business, said Turley, When I walk in the floors of the Senate as your elected senator its going to be me and you solving problems together.

Former federal law enforcement officer and libertarian Nadine Frost says shes looking to restructure the education system by removing power from the federal department of education and return it to school districts.

We need to send the education back to the local districts or better yet to the parents themselves, said Frost, Let their parents decide where their children are going to attend.

She adds representatives and senators need to focus on working from their homes so that theyre more accessible to people.

Theyre supposed to stay home, said Frost, They can operate their business from their home office or from their living room.

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An illegal alien who's been in the U.S. since 1989 is now charged with capital murder of a beloved Houston police sergeant, and attempted capital murder against a second officer.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against 51-year-old Elmer Manzano, a longtime criminal who gunned down Sgt. Harold Preston and Officer Courtney Waller during a domestic violence call.

Ira Mehlman with the Federation for American Immigration Reform says this the result of sanctuary city policies.

The mayor has to be accountable, the county officials, the chiefs of police, they have to explain to the people in Houston and elsewhere around the country why they chose to protect people who are in the country illegally over the safety of the community, he says.

Chief Art Acevedo disputed that claim.

This is the state of Texas, where there is no sanctuary here for anyone who is hurting people. We come after people really hard, he said Wednesday. Elmer Rolando Manzano, 51-years of age, is solely the person responsible for our capital murder of a police officer.

When you stop someone for a tail light out and you have no other information, we don't expect you to be asking about immigration status. We're not the immigration police.

Manzano has had previous interactions with police and spent time in jail in both Harris County in 2002 and Dallas County in 2000. Manzano's estranged wife called police Sunday to report he pulled a gun on her and their children.

However, the chief said officers reported the incident as No crime occurred, and Manzano did nothing to prompt them to check his immigration status.

Based on what I've seen so far in our review, we did our best to deal with what we knew at the time and so did the DA's office, said Acevedo. The DA's office is ultimately the one that accepts charges, and we didn't have enough for them to accept charges.

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American families is one of six topics to be addressed during the final presidential debate on Oct. 22. As the final 2020 presidential debate approaches, experts with the USC Center for the Changing Family based at USC Dornsife share the questions theyd most like the candidates to address. [3min read]

USC experts exploring the changing family hope to learn what the presidential candidates will reveal about their values at the final debate. (Image Source: Pixabay/Gordon Johnson.)

American families is one ofsix topicsto be addressed during the final presidential debate on Oct. 22. It will be the first time during the campaign that both candidates will speak to family issues.

Experts in law, social work and psychology with theUSC Center for the Changing Familybased at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences share the questions theyd most like the moderator to ask.

1. What values are you communicating?

When parents watch this debate, or your past town halls, debates and rallies, with their children, what are the core values that you hope will stand out to them and how do you live by these values?

Gayla Margolinis a professor ofpsychologyat USC Dornsife. Her research identifies how couple and family relationships can be sources of both risk and resilience for children and young adults.

2. What family-friendly policies do you support?

What family-friendly policies do you plan to implement at the national level?

Policies that offer paid family leave and the option for new mothers to work part time have the potential to minimize gender imbalances in the workplace, which helps to minimize them in the household. To successfully implement or expand such policies, labor market and workplace regulations to prevent discrimination against women are necessary.

Mara Pradosis a research scientist at theUSC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research. She studies the determinants of different dimensions of inequality and her research interests have to do with health, gender, labor economics and intra-household decisions.

3. What will you do to fix the social safety net?

Why is the U.S. social safety net so much weaker than those in peer nations and what can we do about it?

Many ideas have been put on the table, including: minimum wage hikes; a child allowance or baby bonds; child support guarantees so the government rather than noncustodial parent takes the risk of nonpayment; universal basic income; eliminating time limits on TANF (welfare) benefits or raising the federal contribution to TANF, which has remained at $16.5 billion since 1996. Which solutions would you support?

Clare Pastoreis a professor of the practice of law at theUSC Gould School of Lawand an expert on poverty, social welfare programs, access to justice, legal ethics, and civil rights. She is the co-author of the leading poverty law textbook and has litigated many cases in the areas of poverty and civil rights.

4. How will you protect the children of immigrants?

Will you ensure that families of mixed immigration status are able to remain together? What forms of immigration reform would you offer to protect immigrant families, especially the children of immigrants?

Blanca Ramirezis a doctoral candidate in theDepartment of Sociologyat USC Dornsife. She is researching the broader consequences of a deportation regime including the implications of immigration detention and deportation on the immigrant Latino family.

5. What will you do to support working mothers?

What plans do you have to support mothers in the workforce and ensure the strength of the early childhood sector?

Last week the Labor Department reported that 865,000 women left the workforce in September, nearly four times more than the number of men who left. Many of the jobs that women left were in sectors vital for American economic prosperity, including early childhood education and childcare.

Dorian Traubeis an associate professor at theUSC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Her research focuses on early childhood education and development. She specifically examines the role of technology and social programs to assist families in need who are parenting children ages 05.

About the Center for the Changing Family

Comprising an interdisciplinary group of faculty members from throughout the university, the USC Center for the Changing Family supports and promotes the study of family systems, close relationships, and mental and physical health across the lifespan.

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BY ISN STAFF | October 1, 2020

In 2004, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) made immigration reform a major public policy priority of the Catholic Church in the United States. In 2005, after engaging broad stakeholders, the USCCB created the Justice for Immigrants (JFI) campaign in an effort to unite and mobilize a growing network of Catholic institutions and individuals in support of humane treatment of immigrants and refugees and immigration reform.

Pope Francis sits with refugee children from Syria at the Vatican. [Image via USCCB/JFI]

We celebrate 15 years of the Justice for Immigrants initiative and the amazing accomplishments of Catholic organizations to welcome, protect, promote, and integrate immigrants and refugees coming to and living in the United States. While we are pleased to highlight the work that has been done by the Church and Justice for Immigrants to advance the humane treatment and legalization for immigrants, we note that the work is far from done. The Church redoubles its commitment to the Justice for Immigrants initiative and to recognizing the human dignity and rights of immigrants and refugees and the promotion of legalization and legislative reform. Our efforts are rooted in the Gospel and the need to recognize the face of Jesus in every person. Because of this, we will continue our work to educate Catholics about the Churchs teaching on promoting the human dignity of every person, including the immigrant and the refugee. We will also continue to encourage lawmakers and community leaders to prioritize reform of our broken system and to avoid politicization of our immigrant and refugee brothers and sisters.

To commemorate the 15 year anniversary, Justice for Immigrants will be conducting a webinar series and has also issued a new policy priorities document (available in English and Spanish) which is organized around what Pope Francis referred to as our response to the challenges posed by contemporary migration: Welcome, Protect, Promote, and Integrate. Visit http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org for more information about the USCCBs Justice for Immigrants campaign.

The Ignatian Solidarity Network is a national core committee member of Justice for Immigrants.

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Central American migrants are seen inside an enclosure in El Paso, Texas, March 27, 2019. They were being held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and turning themselves in to request asylum. Under Trump administration policy, the migrants must be returned to Mexico and apply for U.S. asylum from there. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

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WASHINGTON The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is marking the 15th anniversary of the Justice for Immigrants campaign to unite and mobilize Catholic organizations and individuals to welcome, protect, promote and integrate immigrants and refugees coming to and living in the United States.

In that time, the campaign and the Catholic Church as a whole have accomplished much to advance the humane treatment and legalization for immigrants, said Archbishop Jos H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the USCCB, and Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, who is chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration.

But that the work is far from done, the prelates said in a joint statement Sept. 29.

The church redoubles its commitment to the Justice for Immigrants initiative and to recognizing the human dignity and rights of immigrants and refugees and the promotion of legalization and legislative reform, Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Dorsonville said.

Our efforts are rooted in the Gospel and the need to recognize the face of Jesus in every person. Because of this, we will continue our work to educate Catholics about the churchs teaching on promoting the human dignity of every person, including the immigrant and the refugee, they said.

The Catholic bishops, other Catholic leaders and the Justice for Immigrants campaign will also continue to encourage lawmakers and community leaders to prioritize reform of our broken system and to avoid politicization of our immigrant and refugee brothers and sisters, they added.

In 2004, the USCCB made immigration reform a major public policy priority of the U.S. Catholic Church.

A year later after engaging broad stakeholders, the USCCB created the Justice for Immigrants campaign in an effort to unite and mobilize a growing network of Catholic institutions and individuals in support of humane treatment of immigrants and refugees and immigration reform, according to a USCCB release.

The campaigns website, http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org, includes USCCB statements on immigration and related topics, including Dreamers legislation in Congress; Catholic social teaching; anti-trafficking resources; information on COVID-19 and its impact on immigrant communities; and the stories of immigrants themselves. Information on the site is routinely updated, according to the USCCB.

To commemorate its 15th anniversary, Justice for Immigrants is conducting a webinar series; it began Sept. 30 and will continue every Wednesday through Nov. 12.

It also has issued a new policy priorities document, available in English and Spanish, which is organized around what Pope Francis referred to as our response to the challenges posed by contemporary migration: Welcome, protect, promote and integrate.

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