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U.S. Arrests Record Number of Families at Southern Border
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 7 years ago
“Numbers traveling in family groups since October exceeds record for a full, 12-month period”
Arrests of families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in the past five months hit a record, prompting the chief of Customs and Border Protection to say the system is at “the breaking point.” From October through February, border agents arrested 136,150 people traveling in families at...
The 50th Anniversary of the First Novel by a Native American to Win the Pulitzer Prize
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 25 Comments • 3 Likes • 7 years ago
“And the single deep voice of the singers lay upon the dance, lay even upon the valley and the earth, whole and inscrutable, everlasting.”
We should all be talking about N. Scott Momaday right now. Why right now, you ask? Well, for one thing, the pioneering Kiowa writer just turned eighty-five years old. For another, Words From a Bear—a documentary examining his life, writings, and enigmatic mind—just premiered at Sundance....
Bernie Sanders Hires Twice-Arrested Illegal Alien as Press Secretary
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 5 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 years ago
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has reportedly hired a twice-arrested illegal alien as his deputy national secretary. Belen Sisa enters the job with one year left of DACA-protection from deportation, The Washington Examiner reported Thursday: The hiring of Belen Sisa, an Arizona leftist...
Democratic hopefuls embrace new meaning of reparations for slave descendants
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 73 Comments • 1 Like • 7 years ago
“Julián Castro addressed the issue on MSNBC's "Hardball" and said it's something that needs to be discussed.”
Several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing reparations for the descendants of slaves — but not in the traditional sense. Over the past week, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro...
Ocasio-Cortez: People Maybe Shouldn’t Reproduce Due To Climate Change
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 87 Comments • 7 years ago
“"Is it okay to still have children?"”
Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested on Sunday night that people should consider not having children due to climate change because there is a "scientific consensus" that life will be hard for kids. "Our planet is going to hit disaster if we don't turn this ship...
Senate panel to investigate meetings between Russians, Obama officials
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 127 Comments • 7 years ago • LOCKED
“The Senate Finance Committee is probing meetings reportedly held in 2015 between two of former President Barack Obama’s top economic officials and...”
The Senate Finance Committee is probing meetings reportedly held in 2015 between two of former President Barack Obama’s top economic officials and Maria Butina, a Russian national who later pleaded guilty to conspiring to covertly influence U.S. foreign policy, the panel said Friday. Committee...
Trump Keeps Being Racist To Native Americans And Getting Away With It
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 57 Comments • 1 Like • 7 years ago
“Political leaders mostly say nothing when the president demeans indigenous people.”
WASHINGTON ― Over the weekend, the president of the United States appeared to make a punchline out of Native American genocide to score political points. You might have missed it because hardly any of the nation’s top leaders called him out on it. “Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes...
Senate has uncovered no direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 148 Comments • 1 Like • 7 years ago • LOCKED
“"We were never going to find a contract signed in blood saying, 'Hey Vlad, we're going to collude,'" one Democratic aide said.”
WASHINGTON — After two years and 200 interviews, the Senate Intelligence Committee is approaching the end of its investigation into the 2016 election, having uncovered no direct evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to both Democrats and Republicans on the...
Illegal immigration on pace for worst year since massive wall-building spree in 2007
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 7 years ago
“New surge comprised of migrant families and children, which are a much tougher population to combat”
Illegal immigration across the southwest border is on pace for the worst year since 2007 — or the last time the country began a massive wall-building spree — according to new Homeland Security numbers. Four months into the fiscal year the Border Patrol nabbed nearly 201,500 people, compared to...
After holiday lull, Central American family migration returns to record levels, new figures show
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 23 Comments • 7 years ago
U.S. border officials said Friday they saw an abrupt drop-off in illegal crossings during the holiday season, but the number of Central Americans arriving in family groups has returned to record levels since then. The lull in unauthorized crossings suggests some Central American migrants - and...