Remember the Bear River Massacre, Climax of the American Holocaust

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Op/Ed  •  9 Comments  •  7 years ago

“On the way to Auschwitz the road’s pathway led straight through the heart of the Indies and of North and South America. —David E. Stannard,...”

Since 2005, the United Nations and its member states have honored Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The purpose of this day is twofold, says the United States Holocaust Museum on its website: “to serve as a date for the official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime”...

People in Mexico Hurl Rocks at Border Patrol Agents After Illegal Crossing

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  7 years ago  •  LOCKED

“A group of individuals in Mexico hurled rocks and insults at U.S. Border Patrol Agents as they apprehended migrants after an illegal crossing.”

ROMA, Texas – A group of individuals in Mexico hurled rocks and insults at U.S. Border Patrol Agents as they apprehended migrants after an illegal crossing. The incident took place on the banks of the Rio Grande, not far from downtown Roma. The rock-throwing and insults were captured in a live...

Disease at border puts migrants at risk: 'There’s a crisis here'

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  176 Comments  •  7 years ago  •  LOCKED

“There is a health crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border that was deliberately covered up during a visit by members of Congress, according to the head of...”

ANIMAS, N.M. — There is a health crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border that was deliberately covered up during a visit by members of Congress, according to the head of a sanitation company supplying outposts there. Tricia Elbrock, the owner of Elbrock Water Systems in Animas, N.M., supplies portable...

More than 10,000 Central Americans bound for US request Mexican visas

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“Mexico said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have requested visas to cross its southern border as it seeks to grant legal documents to...”

MEXICO CITY - Mexico said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have requested visas to cross its southern border as it seeks to grant legal documents to members of a rapidly growing U.S.-bound migrant caravan from Central America. If the migrants travel together, the convoy could exceed the...

Border Patrol Makes Its Case For An Expanded 'Border Barrier'

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  66 Comments  •  7 years ago

“We could not make a measurable impact on the flow [of undocumented immigrants] across the border. It wasn't until we installed barriers along the...”

Senior Border Patrol officials are taking up President Trump's call for more miles of border barrier, pushing back against congressional Democrats who say additional fencing is unnecessary. During a ride-along with the Border Patrol on Wednesday in its San Diego sector, agents made it clear...

New Mexico ranchers frustrated with situation along U.S.-Mexico border

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  44 Comments  •  7 years ago

“There are so many voices, all of them important, in the national debate about border funding.”

HIDALGO COUNTY, N.M.- There are so many voices, all of them important, in the national debate about border funding.  Tribal politics has pitted the country into “us versus them.”  This very debate has also paralyzed the federal government in the longest shutdown in...

RUSSIA ROUTED MILLIONS TO INFLUENCE CLINTON IN URANIUM DEAL, INFORMANT TELLS CONGRESS

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Moscow routed millions of dollars to the U.S. expecting the funds would benefit ex-President Bill Clinton’s charitable initiative while his wife, Hillary Clinton, worked to reset relations with Russia, an FBI informant in an Obama administration-era uranium deal stated. In a written statement...

She wields the knife’: Pelosi moves to belittle and undercut Trump in shutdown fight

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“House Democrats on Wednesday were making plans to undermine President Trump at his Jan. 29 State of the Union address.”

House Democrats on Wednesday were making plans to undermine President Trump at his Jan. 29 State of the Union address. Just past 8:30 a.m., the leadership’s communications arm sent an email to lawmakers urging them to bring furloughed federal workers or other “message-related” guests to the...

Shutdown may upend State of the Union speech

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The partial government shutdown threw a prime Washington ritual into question Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked President Donald Trump to forgo his Jan. 29 State of the Union speech, expressing doubts that the hobbled government can provide adequate security....

Navajo code talker Alfred K. Newman dies at 94

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  5 Comments  •  7 years ago

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A Navajo code talker who used his native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in New Mexico at age 94. Navajo Nation officials say Alfred K. Newman died Sunday at a nursing home in Bloomfield. Newman was among hundreds of Navajos who served...