Armed smugglers escort migrants to border, surveillance video shows
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Hundreds of Iranian and Afghan Refugees Thrown out on the Streets of Athens
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Refugees staged a sit-in outside the Greek parliament in Athens, demanding shelter Just before Easter, police in Athens raided a building where a group of refugees had been sheltering, arrested several of them and sent the rest either to camps … Read More
Central American migrants wearing out their welcome in several Mexican towns
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Several towns in Mexico where Central American migrants have been congregating are showing the strains of taking care of the mass of humanity. In many cases, the Mexican citizens are as poor and as desperate as the migrants. That hasn’t … Read More
‘We Have a Migrant Crisis on the Southern Border,’ Says Dem Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang
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WASHINGTON — Andrew Yang, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, said there is a “migrant crisis” on the U.S.-Mexico border that needs to be addressed. In February, President Trump declared a national emergency as a way to construct additional physical barriers … Read More
Like immigrants? Here’s an ‘unlimited supply’: Trump threatens to dump illegals in sanctuary cities
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FILE PHOTO: Central American migrants board a bus in El Paso, Texas © Reuters / Jose Luis Gonzalez US President Donald Trump once again called on Democrats to support tighter immigration laws, threatening to dump “an unlimited supply” of illegal … Read More
Could Trump’s Illegal Plan to Ship Migrants to ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Make Everyone Happy?
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Whether it’s legal or not, Trump wants to transport detained migrants far from his electoral base. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Washington Post created a major buzz in political circles Thursday night when it reported the Trump administration had been kicking around the idea … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 12 April 2019
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Greetings from Tyler, It’s a rare day when even the mainstream news contains something to celebrate. The re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel definitely falls into that category. The previous election saw the former president send his … Read More
Trump: Illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities would make ‘Radical Left’ happy
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Getty Images President Trump said Friday that the US would begin dumping illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities across the US — adding that the move would make the “Radical Left … very happy!” “We are giving strong consideration to having people after … Read More
The U.S. Immigration System May Have Reached a Breaking Point
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For years, there have been warnings that America’s immigration system was going to fail. That time may be now. Migrants in Matamoros, Mexico, line up for food donations last week as they waited to cross into Brownsville, Tex.CreditCreditIlana Panich-Linsman for … Read More
Rhetoric won’t fix border crisis
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Mounted Border Patrol agents ride along a newly fortified border wall structure on Oct. 26, 2018, in Calexico, Calif. President Donald Trump is visiting Calexico on Friday, April 5, 2019, to tour the recently-built portion of the border fence that … Read More