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New Quebec law stresses migrants' skills, thousands must reapply
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 8 Comments • 1 Like • 7 years ago
Montreal (AFP) - The Quebec provincial legislature on Sunday approved a controversial immigration bill that will replace a first-come, first-served standard for accepting migrants with one tied to an applicants' skills. The law is similar to a proposed plan from US President Donald...
Border Patrol agents fall prey to illnesses plaguing migrant holding centers
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 130 Comments • 5 Likes • 7 years ago • LOCKED
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Some Border Patrol agents in Texas are concerned about exposure to Ebola by a migrant fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the United States. But more of them are worried about other illnesses frequently popping up among detainees at stations across the southern...
Congress shirks its duty at the southern border
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 4 Comments • 1 Like • 7 years ago
The Trump administration is doing just about everything it can to slow the flood of undocumented Mexicans and Central Americans coming to the U.S. and claiming asylum. But alleviating our growing border crisis is impossible unless Congress changes our immigration laws. Sen. John Cornyn,...
Record number of African migrants coming to Mexican border
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 7 years ago
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Undaunted by a dangerous journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers, surprising Border Patrol agents more accustomed to Spanish-speaking...
Louis Levi Oakes, last Mohawk Code Talker receives a hero’s tribute when laid to rest in Akwesasne
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 6 Likes • 7 years ago
“High military honors from the US and Canada were a part of memorial services as hundreds lined the funeral route”
On Saturday, June 1, hundreds of Akwesasnoron, joined by representatives from the US military and Canadian Armed Forces laid Louis Levi Oakes, the last remaining Mohawk Code Talker from World War II to rest. It was a service befitting a hero. It was a memorial service, military honor, and...
The Army is returning more remains of Native American children to their families a century after they died at 'assimilation school'
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 5 Likes • 7 years ago
The remains of six Native American children who were buried over 100 years ago are being returned to their families as the Army continues its disinterment project at the Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery, bringing the total number of children returned to their homes to 11. Starting on Saturday,...
We salute the Native American warriors who go wherever they're needed to honor US military veterans
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 years ago
On a cold February afternoon, a handful of pallbearers pulled the casket of Frankie Reye Alexander from a hearse and placed it over his final resting place at Tahoma Cemetery. A traditional song, "Soldier Boy," echoed from a pair of Yakamas who sang to the beat of a deerskin drum. About 20...
Private border wall group ordered to keep gate open
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 7 years ago
The builders of a private border wall in New Mexico have been ordered by an international agency to keep a gate permanently open. According to a report in Buzzfeed, the half-mile wall near Sunland Park cut off official access to a levee and a dam and public access to Monument One, a series of...
A California desert town sees surge in migrants as border crisis worsens
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 years ago
The little boy playing in the parking lot of a Seventh-day Adventist Church here was startled when three U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles pulled in. Favio Ferreira, a 7-year-old from Guatemala, ran inside to tell the others. “Come, come, la migra!” he said....
550 African migrants were just caught in Texas. DHS head says they aren’t being screened for Ebola
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 61 Comments • 4 Likes • 7 years ago
The border crisis is no longer exclusively a problem of illegal Central American migrants. As word spreads of the collapse of border enforcement, the number of migrants from Africa continues to increase. The threat of bringing in dangerous diseases is higher than ever, yet there are no mandatory...