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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.

Alice Ollstein for Think Progress
By Alice Ollstein for Think Progress
Immigration Overload-Nogales

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 danger if returned to their home countries. But this

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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.”

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By Alice Ollstein for Think Progress
Shane Red Hawk

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 converging on Washington D.C. to voice their opposition. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe,

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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.

Alice Ollstein for Think Progress
By Alice Ollstein for Think Progress
CREDIT: www.pittenger.house.gov

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 tens of thousands

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