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Washington, Mar 18 (EFE/EPA).- The US House of Representatives on Thursday once again approved an immigration bill seeking to regularize the status of millions of young undocumented migrants known as "Dreamers" and to provide benefits under the Temporary Protected Status program to hundreds of thousands of foreigners living in this country The bill was approved in a 228-197 vote with all Democrats and nine Republican lawmakers voting in favor. According to estimates by its sponsors, some 2.5 million young people who were brought to this country as small children by their parents - the so-called Dreamers - could benefit under the bill which establishes a path to citizenship. (Camera: WILL OLIVER). SHOT LIST: CELEBRATIONS ON THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON DC, USA, AS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES HE AMERICAN DREAM AND PROMISE ACT (HR 6) AND THE FARM WORKFORCE MODERNIZATION ACT.SOUND BITES OF THREE CAMPAIGNERS.
Security-related bills passed Japan’s House of Representatives special committee on Wednesday. The move paves the way for an expanded role for the military.
The United States, Japan and Australia will launch a joint air defense network, US President Joe Biden says during a state visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida focused on boosting defense ties against China. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
The defence ministers of Japan, UK and Italy meet in Tokyo for talks on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) joint fighter project. IMAGES
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