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Alice Ollstein for Think Progress

U.S. Border Patrol Broke Its Own Rules In Deporting Thousands Of Children

Human rights experts argue that many, if not most, of the children would be eligible to be considered refugees or candidates for asylum if they could have their day in court.

July 17th, 2015

By Alice Ollstein for Think Progress

U.S. Border Patrol Broke Its Own Rules In Deporting Thousands Of Children

U.S. Customs and Border Protection repeatedly violated its own rules for screening undocumented children between 2009 and 2014, according to a government report released this week. Under U.S. law, all children who come without papers have a right to argue before a judge that they would be in

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American Indian Tribe Calls Keystone XL Vote An ‘Act Of War’

“Did I declare war on the Keystone XL pipeline? Hell yeah, I did,” said President Cyril Scott of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. “I pledge my life to stop these people from harming our children and grandchildren and way of life. They will not cross our treaty lands. We have so much to lose here.”

November 19th, 2014

By Alice Ollstein for Think Progress

American Indian Tribe Calls Keystone XL Vote An ‘Act Of War’

As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote this week on a bill to force approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which the House of Representatives already passed on Friday, American Indian groups who would be directly impacted by the tar sands project are

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Redacted Tonight Highlights New Laws That Target Pipeline Protesters with $Millon Fines, 10 Years in Jail

Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline demonstrate on the Dodge Street pedestrian bridge during rush hour in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The Nebraska Public Service Commission has until Nov. 23 to decide whether to approve or reject a proposed state route for the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Keystone Pipeline Spills 210K Gallons of Oil in South Dakota

Grandma Redfeather of the Sioux Native American tribe walks in the snow to get water at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP/David Goldman)

District Court Decision Means Dakota Access Pipeline Oil Will Soon Flow

North Carolina Congressman: Reports Of Murdered Children Shouldn’t Slow Deportations

Pittenger accused President Obama of “exploiting” and “abusing” a 2008 anti-trafficking law that protects children from Central America from being deported without due process.

September 03rd, 2014

By Alice Ollstein for Think Progress

North Carolina Congressman: Reports Of Murdered Children Shouldn’t Slow Deportations

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA—First term House Republican Robert Pittenger (R-NC) is running unopposed for another term representing North Carolina’s 9th District. At a town hall in suburban Charlotte Tuesday night, he told a small crowd of almost exclusively Caucasian constituents that he will do all he can to address the crisis of

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