<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: There Was a Path
House Democrats speak out against a move toward deporting certain Vietnamese immigrants. Plus an eighth person pleads guilty in the Russia investigation, the decline of liberal arts, Janet Jackson honored, and more
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2016 Meddling: Maria Butina is the first Russian to be convicted of trying to influence American politics in the run-up to the 2016 election. She has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, writes Natasha Bertrand, and could help shed light on “whether there was any coordination between President Donald Trump’s campaign, Russia, and the NRA during the election.”
Some Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter to Department of Homeland Security, the The White House said it is only targeting Vietnamese immigrants convicted of crimes, but that many young refugees were resettled with insufficient support, moved through the criminal-justice system, and are now “positively contributing to their communities.”
