Bank of America Froze US-Born Family’s Bank Account After Demanding Citizenship

Josh was born in Wichita, Kansas, while his wife Jessica Salazar Collins was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri.

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By ZeroHedge.com
Bank of America

An American-born Kansas family had their bank account frozen after Bank of America demanded to know their citizenship status, reports the Kansas City Star. Josh Collins of Roeland Park, Kansas ignored a letter from the bank asking a variety of personal questions, including whether he was an American citizen or holds dual citizenship with another

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Tortured Women’s Rights Advocate Smeared By CNN Following Guilty Plea

This was a political case from the beginning, but one would not know that from reading CNN’s atrocious coverage .

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
Screenshot from CNN.com

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Recognizing the United States government would probably deport her eventually whether she won or lost her case, Rasmea Odeh pled guilty to a charge that she “procured” U.S. citizenship by failing to disclose she was previously convicted of a crime by an Israeli military court in 1969. The plea was

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Will Rasmea Odeh’s Appeal Expose Israeli Prison Torture In A US Court?

A federal court admitted Odeh’s conviction from an Israeli military court while excluding evidence that interrogators obtained it through physical and sexual torture.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
Rasmea Odeh smiles after leaving federal court in Detroit Thursday, March 12, 2015. A judge sentenced the Chicago activist to 18 months in federal prison Thursday for failing to disclose her convictions for bombings in Israel when she applied to be a U.S. citizen. Odeh, 67, also was stripped of her citizenship and eventually will be deported. But she will remain free while she appeals the case.

DETROIT --- A federal hearing on Nov. 29 could determine whether the details of Israel’s torture of Palestinian prisoners will be aired in an American courtroom. Rasmea Odeh, a 69-year-old leader of Chicago’s Palestinian-American community, is appealing her 2014 conviction on charges of unlawful procurement of naturalization. If her

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Netanyahu: “We Will Forever Live By The Sword”, Indefinitely Control All Palestinian Territory

The prime minister also spoke about possible plans to revoke Israeli citizenship or residency from the Arab residents of east Jerusalem.

IMEMC News
By IMEMC News
Benjamin Netanyahu (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his plan to control “all of the territory” and “live forever by the sword.” The remarks were reported in Haa’retz newspaper, according to PNN, in an article by journalist Barak Ravid. Mr Ravid wrote: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that although he doesn’t want a

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VIDEO: Missouri Students May Soon Have To Pass U.S. Citizenship Test To Graduate

Students statewide may soon be required to pass the U.S. citizenship test. It’s all part of an initiative by the Missouri Civics Education Initiative to ensure future generations understand American Government and U.S. History.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A U.S. flag flies at half staff outside the Newtown High School before President Barack Obama was scheduled to attend a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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UK Citizens Having Citizenship Revoked Through ‘Secret Government Orders’

‘My British citizenship was everything to me. Now I am nobody’ – A former British citizen speaks out.

Patrick Galey
By Patrick Galey
Backdropped by a British flag, closed-circuit surveillance cameras keep watch, in central London, Tuesday July 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

When a British man took a holiday to visit relatives in Pakistan in January 2012 he had every reason to look forward to returning home. He worked full time at the mobile phone shop beneath his flat in southeast London, he had a busy social life and preparations for his family’s visit to the UK were in full flow. Two years later, the man, who

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