Tensions flare as Dems struggle to calm furor over Omar

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“Lawmakers clashed behind closed doors, with some complaining that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team had failed to handle the escalating...”

House Democratic leaders are struggling to contain the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about Israel, with the caucus fighting behind closed doors over whether — and how — to respond. Tensions ran high at a caucus meeting Wednesday as some Democrats privately vented that Speaker...

Migrant Families Arrive In Busloads As Border Crossings Hit 10-Year High

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“This is clearly both a border security and humanitarian crisis. Kevin McAleenan, commissioner, Customs and Border Protection”

The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 66,000 migrants at the Southern border in February, the highest total for a single month in almost a decade. The majority of those arrested were migrant families or children traveling alone or without a parent, according to figures released Tuesday...

200 Cases of Mumps Confirmed in Texas Migrant Detention Centers

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“Texas health officials report that nearly 200 people contracted mumps in migrant detention facilities located across the state so far this fiscal...”

Officials with the Texas Department of State Health Services stated that 186 people in migrant detention centers located in Texas had confirmed cases of mumps. The cases impacted migrant adults and minors as well as detention center workers, the Texas Tribune reported. There have been “no...

Illegal Immigration Under Trump Projected to Surpass Obama Era Levels

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“President Trump is projected to oversee the largest flow of illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border since former President Bush’s...”

more than 76,000 border crossers attempted to enter the U.S. in the month of February — the most apprehensions of illegal border crossers and migrants in this month in 12 years. While Trump’s administration expanded the Catch and Release program last month and Department of Homeland Security...

New, awful data shows that the border invasion is worse than ever

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  5 years ago

If Trump had not signed the disastrous budget bill several weeks ago and we were still operating on a short-term CR with immigration remaining the top issue, today’s news could have strengthened Trump’s leverage. According to CBP’s preliminary figures obtained by the Washington Post, 76,325...

Record arrests of Illegal-immigrant families on border bolster Trump's emergency claim

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Illegal immigration continues to break records on the southwestern border — and they’re not good ones. The number of families snared trying to sneak into the U.S. soared by 50 percent in one month alone, setting an all-time record with more than 36,000 family members apprehended, Homeland...

U.S. Arrests Record Number of Families at Southern Border

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“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

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“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

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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

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“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...