President Barack Obama spoke for more than an hour about immigration at a Nashville community center today. His visit drew hundreds of protesters and people to cheer his arrival.

The president delivered a speech on immigration reform at Casa Azafrán, where he also took questions from a group of invitation-only guests. They filled a small room at the community center decorated with art by Jairo Prado, who was born in Colombia and now lives in Nashville. The president was on a stage for more than an hour. The Q&A took on a casual tone as he sipped tea and removed his suit jacket. About the same time as Air Force One took off from Washington, D.C., hours earlier, protesters began gathering outside the Nashville community center. The few early protesters arrived about noon. By the time Obama took the stage, 100 to 150 people had crowded on the sidewalk. Protesters who bundled against the cold marched and chanted and hit drums. Some held signs. Others held megaphones. "We are allowing undocumented immigrants to take jobs that veterans could have,"Karen Douglas of Clarksville said. "Hands up, not one more," they chanted. One sign read: "Know justice, know peace!" Others read: "Black Lives Matter."

Tennessean

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India on Wednesday on a three-day visit and for the first time, it is not New Delhi but Gujarat that will host the head of a state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already arrived in Ahmedabad, and preparations are on in full swing. The mandate is clear: avoid power cuts, tuck in shirts, and have shoes polished. In other words, look every bit professional and an emerging superpower, an impression Modi would want to create in front of the Chinese head of state. For India, it would also meaning looking for newer opportunities in trade and infrastructrue.

The meeting with the Chinese President comes in between Narendra Modi's visit to Japan and his visit to the United States next week. The clear agenda of the talks would include possibilities of investment and opening trade further for each other. But none of the heads would be able to avoid the border disputes between the two nations. India has already confirmed that the border issueswill be discussed in the "interests and concerns" of the two countries with bearing on the ties including the boundary dispute.

India Today

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