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CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is trying to challenge Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president tries to quash his last major rival’s narrow path to the nomination. Haley, 52, has called throughout her campaign for mental competency tests for politicians, a way to contrast with 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden. Harlie O’Connell, a longtime South Carolina resident who backs Haley, said she’s excited to vote in the presidential primary for a woman from her home state. While she plans to support in November whoever wins the GOP nomination, she said she would prefer someone younger. Organizers expecting a capacity crowd set up screens outside where an overflow crowd would be able to watch Trump’s appearance.

Persons: CONWAY, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Haley, Ronna McDaniel, ” Haley, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, ”, Harlie, “ It’s, ” O’Connell, Mike O’Connell, Bob Pollard, “, Pollard, ___ Price Organizations: South Carolina Republican, GOP, Democratic, Trump, Republican Party, Republican, Volvo, Samsung Locations: S.C, Nevada, Conway, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Newberry, Washington, Ukraine, Russia, Charleston, South, Horry County, New York

☆ Live updates: Nevada Republican caucuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Elise Hammond | Amir Vera | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Nikki Haley square off in the South Carolina GOP presidential primary later this month. Here's what some of them had to say:Joy Rendulic was hesitant when her husband first suggested a move to South Carolina. He has lived in Hartsville — about two hours inland from the South Carolina coast — all his 70 years except for a stint in the Navy. “If he’d just shut up and, you know, got off Twitter and that kind of stuff, he’d have made a great president,” Pierce said. Read more about what South Carolina Republican voters are saying ahead of the primary election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Trump, Rendulic, Haley, “, ” Rendulic, ”, Billy Pierce, Pierce, Joe Biden, ” Pierce, Read Organizations: South Carolina Gov, South Carolina GOP, Trump, Navy, Democratic, Twitter, South Carolina Republican Locations: South Carolina, Erie , Pennsylvania, Hartsville

☆ Haley’s voters might decide Biden’s fate in November. Here’s why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In New Hampshire, more than 4-in-5 Haley voters said Trump would not be fit to serve again if convicted and that Biden had legitimately won. In that poll, two-thirds of Haley voters in Iowa said they would not vote for Trump in a general election; that number soared past three-fourths of her voters in New Hampshire. One key reason: fully 93% of all GOP-leaning voters said they disapproved of Biden’s performance as president. Madrid believes Biden’s record on immigration is the biggest obstacle to him harvesting support among the Republicans uneasy about Trump. Lake doesn’t agree that any single issue is critical for Biden with the kind of GOP voters who have rallied to Haley.

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The heightened concerns over the RNC’s latest financial problems are just the tipping point in a yearslong struggle between Trump and the committee. Trump has asked allies and aides in the past why the RNC must remain neutral in the GOP presidential primary. Trump had previously endorsed both Gruters and Whatley for officer positions at the RNC, but both lost their respective bids. Still, two people familiar with Reed’s departure stressed that his move to the private sector was unrelated to the tensions between Trump and McDaniel. Trump and the RNC need each otherDespite the broader tensions that are playing out both privately and publicly, the Trump campaign and the RNC have a lot to gain from each other.

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CNN —Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has offered to leave her position following the South Carolina primary later this month to allow former President Donald Trump to install his own leaders of the party, two party advisers told CNN. She has also discussed those plans with Trump, according to a person a familiar. RNC spokesperson Keith Schipper told CNN in a statement that “nothing has changed. CNN reported earlier Monday that North Carolina Republican Party chairman Michael Whatley and South Carolina Republican Party chairman Drew McKissick are among the names being floated by Trump’s team, according to two sources with knowledge of internal discussions. Trump had previously endorsed both Gruters and Whatley for officer positions at the RNC, but both lost their respective bids.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, Donald Trump, Keith Schipper, ”, Michael Whatley, Drew McKissick, Sen, Joe Gruters, Trump, Gruters, Whatley, McDaniel Organizations: CNN — Republican National, South Carolina, CNN, Trump, RNC, New York Times, Republican, North Carolina Republican, South Carolina Republican Locations: South Carolina, Trump, Florida, Lago

☆ Lindsey Graham blasts the timing of the Biden administration's retaliatory strikes on Iran-linked targets: 'They're not afraid of us'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lindsey Graham called out Biden's strategy to deter Iran-linked groups in the Middle East. "If the goal is to deter Iran, you're failing miserably," Graham told Fox News on Sunday. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday criticized the timing of the Biden administration's retaliatory strikes in response to a January drone attack that killed three US service members in Jordan. "If the goal is to deter Iran, you're failing miserably.

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FORT LAWN, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina state Sen. Mike Fanning likes to talk to people. Politically, South Carolina varies from its neighbors. No explanation is offered for the inertia, which leaves South Carolina and Wyoming as the only states in the nation without such a law. South Carolina Republicans, meanwhile, have taken advantage of the changing national priorities of both parties. They took over the South Carolina Senate in 2000 by getting a Democrat to switch parties.

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☆ Opinion: Nikki Haley is right about the Trump tariffs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Opinion Edward J. Mccaffery | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Think about that for a second.”Second, Haley is almost certainly right: tariffs can be a regressive tax, borne largely, if not exclusively, by ordinary American workers. The moderate, non-partisan Tax Foundation found that the existing Trump tariffs will bring in a mere $74 billion in revenues over ten years, while costing jobs, lowering growth and depressing American wages. Haley is right. Who is likely to benefit most from any future Trump tax cuts? Haley is right; Trump wins.

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☆ Trump is now vastly more popular than Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina: poll
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewFormer UN ambassador Nikki Haley's popularity has taken a hit in her home state of South Carolina, a worrying sign ahead of a critical primary race against former President Donald Trump, a new poll reported. According to a Washington Post-Monmouth University poll, Haley's popularity has dropped 31 percentage points in just under five months. FiveThirtyEight's weighted average show Trump with a roughly 31-point lead in South Carolina. Still, Haley's standing among South Carolina Republicans underlines Trump's strength in the race. While she may be the state's former governor, the former president has also secured the endorsements of almost the entire South Carolina congressional delegation.

Persons: —, Nikki Haley's, Donald Trump, Haley, Trump's, Ron DeSantis, Trump Organizations: Service, UN, Washington Post, Monmouth University, Trump, Business, Florida Gov, South Carolina Republicans, GOP Locations: South Carolina, Monmouth, New Hampshire

☆ Opinion: Mark Zuckerberg’s extraordinary apology should only be the beginning
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Opinion Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —On Wednesday, the chief executives of Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord testified before the Senate about what they’re doing to protect kids from harm online. In the leadup to the testimony, tech companies announced new initiatives to protect kids. The Stop CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) Act of 2023 would make it possible to hold tech companies civilly liable for hosting child sexual abuse material. This would be an important way of incentivizing tech companies to do more to protect kids from sextortion and other forms of online exploitation. Tech companies also have a lot more work to do.

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But I do still love Trump.”The winner of South Carolina's Republican primary has won the nomination all but one time since 1980. Haley, as a state legislator in 2010, trounced older, more established candidates in a Republican primary on her way to winning two gubernatorial elections. On paper, South Carolina offers the broad Republican coalition Haley has sought. South Carolina has a large presence of every Republican faction: evangelicals and social conservatives; anti-tax Tea Party activists; national security hawks; business-minded traditionalists. South Carolina voters do not register by party and choose which major party primary to participate in each election cycle.

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Haley’s campaign leaned into those attacks Thursday, releasing T-shirts emblazoned with the words“Barred. “We need to unite around our eventual nominee, which is Donald Trump,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Tuesday on Fox News. In the final days before the GOP primary there, Trump paraded a series of South Carolina Republican officials onstage at his rallies, including Gov. Worst of all, no one returned my calls.”Fundraising dried up, and Haley’s campaign directed most of its funds to TV. “Any other person probably would have just quit and caved in there, but she knew that South Carolina needed her,” Ballentine said.

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☆ South Carolina is where the dirtiest tricks in presidential politics are played. It's where Trump and Haley are set for a potential final face off.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Few places have shown a history of showcasing dirty tricks like South Carolina, the state that could once again have the final word in a presidential race. It was in South Carolina that then-Sen. John McCain in 2000 was confronted with a racist "push poll" that asked voters about a potential illegitimate Black child. Almost eight years later, someone sent South Carolina Republicans fake Christmas cards purporting to be from then-former Massachusetts Gov. AdvertisementNot every last stand in South Carolina is successful. AdvertisementOf the early states, South Carolina offers by far the largest delegate prize.

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☆ Opinion | Poor Nikki, Poor Us
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Gail Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two possible ways of looking at New Hampshire’s vote:A: Face it, Nikki Haley is toast. B: … Except that she’s the only thing saving us from a full year of just Trump vs. Biden. But face it, you’d rather not start reliving the 2020 campaign already. Right now, we turn our attention to the South Carolina Republican primary — at least there’s going to be one. It is not the last in the nation,” Haley told her supporters after she came in, well, second, in her one-on-one race against Donald Trump.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Biden, Joe Biden’s, ” Haley, Donald Trump, ”, Haley Organizations: Trump, South Carolina Republican, Republican Locations: “ New Hampshire

☆ Five takeaways from the New Hampshire primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But she’ll be battling history: In modern presidential campaign history, no non-incumbent has won the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary without going on to win his party’s nomination. Here are five takeaways from the New Hampshire primaries:Trump wants Haley out — nowIn what were expected to be celebratory remarks Tuesday night in New Hampshire, Trump instead sounded annoyed that Haley had not yet dropped out of the Republican primary race. There are dozens of states left to go,” Haley told supporters in her election night speech Tuesday in New Hampshire. Haley waves to the audience as she speaks at a New Hampshire primary night rally, in Concord, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. (Trump skipped all five Republican primary debates, and has shown no indication he’d consider participating in one.)

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump has picked up another endorsement from Nikki Haley's home state of South Carolina, with Rep. Nancy Mace backing the former president in this year's GOP presidential primary. Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians — Haley and Sen. Tim Scott — entered the race last year. On Monday, a day ahead of the New Hampshire primary, Mace told The Associated Press that she was backing Trump over Haley, who lives in her congressional district and supported her in 2022 against a Trump-backed challenger. Over the weekend, Trump was joined by a slew of South Carolina leaders as he campaigned in New Hampshire, seen as yet another blow from South Carolina against Haley. Just two years ago, Mace and Haley were aligned in a congressional primary that tested Trump's heft in South Carolina, where his own 2016 presidential primary win helped cement his nomination.

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☆ Nancy Mace betrays Nikki Haley and endorses Trump, despite once saying his accomplishments had been 'wiped out' by January 6
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

That's despite Haley backing Mace over a Trump-backed primary challenger in 2022. AdvertisementRep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has made her choice. AdvertisementFormer South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is set to take on Trump in a one-on-one matchup in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, following Florida Gov. The South Carolina congresswoman may be facing another primary challenge, this time from her own former chief of staff.

Persons: Nancy Mace, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, That's, Haley, Mace, Trump, —, Ron DeSantis's, Haley —, Donald Trump's, Kevin McCarthy, who's, McCarthy Organizations: Trump, Service, South Carolina Republican, Associated Press, Former South Carolina Gov, Florida Gov, Carolina, Courier, South, Republicans, Capitol, Democratic Locations: South Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, America

☆ Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina backs Donald Trump over Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has picked up another endorsement from Nikki Haley's home state of South Carolina, with Rep. Nancy Mace backing the former president in this year's GOP presidential primary. Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians — former Gov. Over the weekend, Trump was joined by a slew of South Carolina leaders as he campaigned in New Hampshire, seen as yet another blow from South Carolina against Haley. Just two years ago, Mace and Haley were aligned in a congressional primary that tested Trump's heft in South Carolina, where his own 2016 presidential primary win helped cement his nomination. During a pre-primary rally in South Carolina, Trump called Mace "crazy" and "a terrible person."

Persons: Nancy Mace, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley's, Mace, Carolinians, Haley, Sen, Tim Scott —, Trump, I've, Ron DeSantis, Russell Fry, Joe Wilson, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, Jeff Duncan, he's, Mace —, —, Democrat Joe Biden, Katie Arrington, Donald Trump's Organizations: Biden, Capitol Visitor Center, GOP, New, Associated Press, Trump, Carolina Republican's, Republican, Haley, Florida Gov, Trump . New, Republican U.S, House, U.S . Capitol, Democrat, SMART America First Republican Patriots, Republicans Locations: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Carolina, Iowa, Florida, Trump ., Trump . New Hampshire, America

☆ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was once seen as the biggest threat to Trump's 2024 White House bid, ends his presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis is ending his 2024 presidential campaign. DeSantis entered the race with lofty expectations, with many conservatives seeing him as a next-generation GOP figure. But Trump has had a disciplined campaign, and DeSantis lost key support in many early-voting states. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Ron DeSantis on Sunday suspended his presidential campaign, a stunning fall for the conservative leader who had long been seen as the biggest threat to former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

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☆ Analysis: Why DeSantis’ departure isn’t likely to change the dynamic between Trump and Haley
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

The DeSantis and Haley camps each believed they would benefit if the other left the field and created an unambiguous one-on-one race with Trump. In fact, both the Trump and DeSantis campaigns believe that more of the Florida governor’s supporters will likely pick Trump. Any gain or loss for Haley among voters from DeSantis’ decision seems likely to affect the race only marginally, many GOP observers believe. Even at that point in the 2016 race, Trump had won only a cumulative 40% of the votes cast in the GOP primaries. His theory that he could peel away a meaningful number of previous Trump voters simply proved wrong.

Persons: New Hampshire CNN —, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Haley, Trump, Joe Biden, Haley doesn’t, Biden, winnowing, Whit Ayres, ” Ayres, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, George Conway, “ Trump, David Kochel, “, he’s, –, Trump’s, ”, Alex Stroman, Trump’s MAGA, MAGA, CNN DeSantis, “ DeSantis, Scott Reed, Bob Dole’s, John Connally, suburbanites, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump’s, ” Stroman, Jean Carroll, Mike Murphy, – Haley, Sen, Marco Rubio, she’s, Mike Dennehy, John McCain’s, Bill Kristol, Kristol, ” Kristol, Matt Gaetz, Ginger Heald, Ayres, Grover Cleveland, Republican Benjamin Harrison, Reed, Dole, Mike Pence, Pence, ” Reed, “ He’s Organizations: New Hampshire CNN, Florida Gov, GOP, South Carolina Gov, Republican, Trump, CNN, New Hampshire, Democratic, South, University of New Hampshire, Republicans, Texas, nonurban Whites, The, South Carolina Republican Party, Edison Research, Trump Trump, Biden, New Hampshire GOP, Florida Republican, Merrimack Republican, Committee, DeSantis Locations: Manchester, New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina, New, Iowa, DeSantis, As, Hampshire, New York, Trump, The Florida, Trump’s, Texas, Charleston, Polk County, Trump’s Manchester , New Hampshire, Ukraine, Israel, ”

☆ Trump is headlining a South Carolina rally with state GOP leaders to depict Haley's support in her home state as wafer thin, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's campaign aimed to rally support among GOP officials in S.C. early in the primary season. Early last year, Trump sought to showcase his strength in South Carolina, the home state of Republican presidential candidate and former Gov. Pamela Evette and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson are also planning to attend to event, among other top GOP officials, per The Times. Haley does have some institutional support among South Carolina Republicans, with Rep. Ralph Norman and former South Carolina Republican Party chair Katon Dawson backing her campaign, among others. But the former UN ambassador is banking on a robust showing in New Hampshire on Jan. 23, along with a strong performance in South Carolina, in order to remain viable ahead of Super Tuesday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Haley, —, Trump, Tim Scott, Henry McMaster, Sen, Lindsey Graham, Gov, Pamela Evette, Alan Wilson, Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden, Ralph Norman, Katon Dawson Organizations: New York Times, Service, GOP, Republican, White, Columbia, Gov, South, The New York Times, Carolina GOP, McMaster, South Carolina, Times, Florida Gov, South Carolina Republicans, South Carolina Republican Party, UN Locations: S.C, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Carolina, Iowa

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Restrictions on medical care for transgender minors are up for debate in the South Carolina House on Wednesday, as a slew of like-minded proposals receive discussion in a Missouri legislative committee. The measures' consideration highlights the continued interest among conservative lawmakers in targeting issues impacting transgender residents after last year's wave of high-profile bills. South Carolina is one of the few Southern states without a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. At least 22 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and many of those states face lawsuits. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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☆ Analysis: How Iowa became a chaotic curtain-raiser for a fateful political year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Des Moines, Iowa CNN —The storied history of the Iowa caucuses has never seen anything like this. Haley: ‘The fellas are scared’Unlike DeSantis, Haley isn’t wagering her campaign on Iowa. Icicles hang from the roof as people arrive for a Haley campaign event at the Thunder Bay Grille on January 13, 2024, in Davenport, Iowa. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesYet Iowa has has raised existential questions for the DeSantis campaign. And time is short, because the Iowa campaign is ending just as it began — with the former president on top.

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☆ Nikki Haley Is Tougher Than the Rest - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( David Brooks | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump was tough, mean and self-pitying (a nifty combination). And the woman who is now Trump’s chief challenger, Nikki Haley, is one of the toughest politicians in America — by which I mean confrontational, willing to hammer her foes. When you read accounts of her days in South Carolina, her bellicosity fairly ripples off the pages. In a fantastic 2021 profile in Politico Magazine, Tim Alberta quotes a former South Carolina Republican Party chair: “Listen, man. Nikki Haley has a memory.

Persons: Abraham Lincoln, —, Reagan, Obama, Donald Trump, Biden, Nikki Haley, Tim Alberta, Haley, “, I’ve, ” Organizations: White House, Politico Magazine, South Carolina Republican Party Locations: America, South Carolina, Alberta

Leon Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive permanent residency in the U.S., has died at age 90. Thanks to Wildes' ingenuity and the shocking twists of politics in the 1970s, Lennon's deportation was delayed and ultimately revoked. His honors included the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law and the Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award. He attended Yeshiva College as an undergraduate and became interested in immigration law after working with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in the late 1950s. Wildes published articles in the Cardozo Law Review among other journals and wrote a book on the Lennon case, “John Lennon Vs. the USA,” that came out in 2016.

Persons: Leon Wildes, yearslong, John Lennon, Wildes, Englewood , New Jersey Mayor Michael Wildes —, Dad, Michael Wildes, Weinberg, “, ” Leon Wildes, Alan Kahn, Lennon, Yoko Ono, ”, Kahn, Jack Lemmon, Yoko Moto, Ono, Kyoko Chan Cox, John, Yoko, Richard Nixon, Lennon's, Nixon, Sen, Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, John Mitchell, Richard Kleindienst, J, Edgar Hoover, Fred Astaire, Dick Cavett, Saul Bellow, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, “ Leon, ” Lennon, Nixon's, Mitchell, Sean, Norman Mailer, Gloria Swanson, Barack Obama, Mick Jagger, ” Jagger, ” Wildes, Benjamin N, Edith Lowenstein, Elmer Fried, Alice Goldberg Wildes, “ John Lennon Vs, John Lennon ”, Pennyblackmusic.co.uk Organizations: Lenox Hill Hospital, Englewood , New Jersey Mayor, Wildes, New York University School of Law, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Apple Records, Beatles, South Carolina Republican, Naturalization Service, Los, Nixon, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva College, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Cardozo Law, Beatles Fans Locations: U.S, Manhattan, Englewood , New Jersey, Olyphant, England, New York City, Vietnam, Tokyo, British, London, Los Angeles, New York, Norman, Pennsylvania, Chicago

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