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Cubans Continue To Lose Favored Immigration Status In U.S.

For decades, it has been U.S. policy to give a haven to people fleeing communist Cuba. But over time, Cubans have been losing that favored status under President Obama and now President Trump.

Trump Closes U.S. Borders. Immigration Grinds To A Halt

President Trump plans to seal off the U.S-Mexico border to migrants under a law intended to protect the country from communicable disease. The border with Canada is closed to non-essential travel.

Forecasters say the government's aggressive efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus will trigger the sharpest slowdown in the U.S. economy on record.

U.S. Economic Slowdown In Coming Months Expected To Be Worst On Record

Forecasters say the government's aggressive efforts to curtail the spread of the virus will trigger the sharpest slowdown on record. Some see the economy shrinking a staggering 24%.

U.S. Soldier Held in Grenade Attack at U.S. Camp

An American soldier is held as a suspect in a grenade attack at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait that killed one U.S. soldier and wounded more than a dozen. Meanwhile, British officials say a British warplane near the Kuwait-Iraq border may have accidentally been shot down by an U.S. Patriot missile. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten and embedded reporter John Laurence.