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"Under universal health care, all residents of a country would be guaranteed care without incurring financial hardship, regardless of income. Out of the thirty-three countries that are considered developed-meaning they have a strong post-industrial economy-thirty-two have universal health care, with the United States being the exception. However, despite the widespread nature of universal health care, its implementation varies between countries. Additionally, despite its positive health impacts, the financial burden it places on governments is a major source of concern. This volume examines this issue through exploring economic, political, and health considerations, taking all sides of the debate into account"--

Sanctuary cities protect immigrants from unfair anti-immigration policies / American Immigration Lawyers Association -- The priority for protection should be US citizens, not immigrants / Joseph Klein -- Local law enforcement is critical to cracking down on illegal immigration / Police Executive Research Forum -- Local law enforcement is not responsible for immigration enforcement / CT Mirror -- Sanctuary cities allow immigrants to become a contributing part of the community / Andrea Germanos -- Sanctuary cities are protecting criminals / Dan Cadman and Jessica Vaughan -- Faith communities and campuses seek to become refuges for immigrants / Rebekah Barber -- What the media won't tell you about illegal immigration and criminal activity / Hans A. von Spakovsky and Grant Strobl -- Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes / Lauren Carasik -- Immigrants are more likely to be incarcerated / Maura Ewing -- Sanctuary cities threaten public safety / Jessica Vaughan -- Donald Trump tried to punish sanctuary cities / Alice Miranda Ollstein -- Giving illegal immigrants refuge is unfair to those who came here legally / James Simpson -- Illegal immigrants were desperate to flee their conditions / Chris Welzenbach -- Sanctuary cities allow terrorist to enter the United States easily / Steven A. Camarota -- Cities that are terrorist targets still welcome immigrants / Elizabeth Ross -- Sanctuary cities are a truly democratic invention / Katherine Culliton-González and Joanna E. Cuevas Ingram -- Executive orders banning sanctuary cities work against democracy / David Trilling -- Sanctuary cities may risk losing federal funding / Nathan Kasai and Sarah Trumble -- Losing federal funding can adversely affect residents of sanctuary cities / Shefali Luthra -- Becoming american / Stanley Renshon -- Sanctuary cities? : that's a constitutional no / Hans A. von Spakovsky

Tornado twists its way through Mississippi city -- Tornadic waterspouts devastate Italian island -- St. Louis, Missouri, flattened by powerful twister -- Tri-state tornado batters Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana -- Twister blasts Dhaka district of Bangladesh -- Gainesville, Georgia, leveled by twin twisters -- Oklahoma town nearly wiped out by tornado -- New England's worst tornado wreaks destruction -- Twister injures tens of thousands of Bangladeshis -- Joplin, Missouri, decimated by EF5 tornado -- Supercell spawns monster Oklahoma twister -- Bangladesh hit by history's deadliest tornado -- Staying safe if there is a tornado -- Glossary

A historic moment -- War to civil rights -- Kennedy and civil rights -- A promise to act -- Equality for all -- Getting started -- A memorial -- Stuck in the rules -- The need for speed -- A long filibuster -- Days -- A compromise -- Out of the Senate -- A bill becomes law -- Reaction -- Adding to the act -- A lasting legacy -- The act that created modern America

Introduction -- Who are today?s homeless? -- Homelessness through history -- Homelessness and teens -- Help for the homeless -- What can be done? -- Moving beyond homelessness -- Glossary -- For more information -- For further reading -- Bibliography -- Index