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A Supreme Court decision will make it harder for voters to prove lawmakers improperly relied on race for congressional maps, advocates say.

An immigration-themed display outside the office of Republican Rep. Eli Crane is “not in keeping with the spirit of the season,” Democrats say. 

WASHINGTON — Immigration lawyer Diana Baurele spent weeks getting bounced around the bureaucracy of a U.S. immigration agency as she tried to renew work authorization documents for a home health care worker.

Member offices have fielded a growing pile of requests for help to speed their cases through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Provisions added to a sweeping defense bill could be the best chance Congress has of passing any immigration legislation this year.

President Joe Biden will continue his travels to promote efforts to combat inflation with a visit to Greensboro, North Carolina, on Thursday to urge congressional action to finalize work on a bipartisan competitiveness bill as Democrats seek to hold both chambers of Congress.

President Biden is expected to press for congressional action on a China competitiveness bill, arguing it would lower inflation.