Immigration
Tapachula, a Mexican city not far from the Guatemalan border, is a major thoroughfare for the migrants as they begin the Mexico phase of their journeys. On March 18th, a mob of non-Mexican migrants broke into an immigration processing station in Tapachula. It’s probable that eventually many of these people are going to end up […]
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In the year 2000, Iriana DeJesus was a 5-year old girl living in Philadelphia. She liked to put red ribbons in her hair. Family, neighbors and friends called her “Nena”. Her mother went to pick up food at a restaurant, thinking it was safe to leave Iriana and her sister playing in the yard. […]
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When Hailey King was a teenager, she and her family moved from Colorado to Fayetteville, Arkansas. She had been born prematurely and had been having health and social problems. So maybe a change of locale would do her good. They had no idea that Hailey would die in Fayetteville, thanks to our porous borders. After […]
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Drew Rosenberg was 25 years old and a second-year law student in San Francisco. On November 16th, 2010, returning home after school, Drew was heading south on his motorcycle. Unlicensed driver Roberto Galo of Honduras was heading north. At an intersection, Galo made an unsignaled left turn, crashing right into Drew and his bike. Galo […]
The tragedy of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to dominate the media, and it’s not hard to understand why. It’s an old-fashioned conventional land war on the European continent, pitting the world’s biggest country against a country which has only been independent for three decades, yet continues to heroically fight on. Meanwhile, back […]
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“I will always be painfully honest and work as hard as I can and hopefully make a difference in people’s lives.” Those were the words of David March, a deputy sheriff for seven years in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Tragically, his service ended on April 29th, 2002. At what appeared to be a […]
Connor Dale Holcomb was a 22-year old resident of the state of Idaho. “Connor loved the outdoors….” reads his obituary, and in Idaho, there is a lot of outdoors to love. Connor enjoyed hunting, ATV riding and mountain lake boating. He had played football and wrestled and spent time as a ski instructor. Heavy equipment […]
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On February 16, Senator Ted Cruz, in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, made some comments about Mexico. Cruz spoke about the border, about the murders of journalists and politicians in Mexico, and shared his view that Mexican President AMLO was making the situation worse. These are all legitimate issues for a U.S. senator to […]
Cheston Gerard Edwards was a 36-year old African-American resident of Kinston, North Carolina. Cheston Edwards had two children, a nine-year old son and a four-year old daughter. Mary Edwards, Cheston’s mother, said of Cheston that “He loved his family, he loved me. He was a person who had deep love.” The last time Mary was […]
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