Trump's Proposed Border Tax Worries U.S. Businesses in Region (Video)

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Trump's Proposed Border Tax Worries U.S. Businesses in Region
Whether the wall goes up or the president starts taxing Mexican imports, business owners along our southern border say both will hurt their bottom line.
 Dawn Ennis
          
          Feb 16, 2017
          
        
Dawn Ennis
The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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Trump's Proposed Border Tax Worries U.S. Businesses in Region

Whether the wall goes up or the president starts taxing Mexican imports, business owners along our southern border say both will hurt their bottom line.

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Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.

Stone Bridge High School had found two Loudoun County boys responsible for harassment and discrimination last March.

Mental health care providers in Texas risk their license if they deliver care related to transitioning to minors, the Republican attorney general who is running for U.S. Senate wrote.

Judge Ana Reyes gave the Department of Justice one week to respond to the plaintiff's scheduling request.

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Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.

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Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

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