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Print The thousands of migrants trying to enter the United States at the southern border have sparked a fresh wave of political debate over who should be let into the country and how minors and others seeking asylum should be treated. Republicans have launched a political blitz against Democrats by painting President Biden as the cause of a so-called surge at the southern border. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress have settled on passing legislation in the House that would provide a path to citiz...

Friends and family fight for return of deported Goleta grandmother Juana Flores, deported from Goleta in April 2019 (KEYT) GOLETA, Calif. - A family in Goleta held a vigil Saturday afternoon pleading for the return of their grandmother who was deported to Mexico two years ago. Congressman Salud Carbajal attended the gathering, along with several other public figures, at De La Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara to show support of the Flores family. 57-year-old Juana Flores lived in Goleta and was for...

Housing and Development Newsletter He said his bill would specifically assist parents of servicemembers who are in the same circumstance as the Flores family. "It reminds our nation that immigrants of this country, in particularl those who volunteer to serve in our United States military to protect our freedoms, our Constitution and our democracy, shouldnt have to have the added stress for those who have parents who are undocumented, to be fearful that their parents are going to be deported, as...

Will Biden’s Central America plan slow migration — or speed it up? Theres nothing new about border politics in the Biden era — all of this is actually ancient history April 4, 2021 9:01AM (UTC) Immigrants from Honduras who arrived across the Rio Grande river from Mexico rest on the U.S. side of the river on March 27, 2021, following their crossing, before making their way towards a makeshift processing checkpoint. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images) --

Clarence Page: Hiding border troubles from news cameras only makes the spotlight brighter By Clarence Page Mainstream media are trying to make President Joe Biden look good, according to conservative critics who want to make him look bad. Nothing new about that in our polarized times in which it is easier to find news that agrees with your views than to challenge them. But as a longtime critic of former President Donald Trump’s “kids in cages,” I’m disappointed, to say t...

Mainstream media are trying to make President Joe Biden look good, according to conservative critics who want to make him look bad. Nothing new about that in our polarized times in which it is easier to find news that agrees with your views than to challenge them. But as a longtime critic of former President Donald Trump’s “kids in cages,” I’m disappointed, to say the least, that Team Biden turned so quickly, boldly and audaciously to playing the autocrat’s card of deny...

National Small Arms Commission Holds Two-day Stakeholders’ Validation Session to Amend the Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 and the Act Creating the Commission National Small Arms Commission Holds Two-day Stakeholders’ Validation Session to Amend the Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 and the Act Creating the Commission Share Monrovia – Liberia is leading the reform efforts within in West Africa to conform to provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by ensuring the va...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Joe Biden entered the White House with some inspiring yet contradictory positions on immigration and Central America. He promised to reverse Donald Trump’s draconian anti-immigrant policies while, throu...

By Shamindra Ferdinando The parliamentary Opposition, having plunged into disarray, due to its unpardonable sins of the recent past, shadowed by a string of humiliating electoral debacles, starting with the local government poll of 2018, followed by the 2019 presidential and 2020 general elections, has received a massive adrenaline boost by way of the huge sugar duty scam. It has brought down to earth, once again the high-riding Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government, at the worst possib...

By Lawyer Basita Michael I have seen on social media a memo purportedly written by the Solicitor-General to the Financial Secretary dated 22nd February 2021 on the topic “Legal Opinion on the Transfer of Audit Fees by Audit Service Sierra Leone.’ In the purported letter, the Solicitor-General states that it is his considered opinion that audit fees collected by Audit Service Sierra Leone for and on behalf of government ought to be paid into the consolidated fund.’ He based his opinion on...