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By: Charles Montgomery On October 12, the Hard Rock Hotel collapsed in New Orleans while under construction. Over a dozen workers were injured and two people even died. At the beginning of December, Delmer Ramirez Palma who survived the collapse was deported by the ICE. Now, many people believe it was because of comments thatContinue reading “New Orleans hotel collapse survivor deported. Was it retaliation?”

By: Charles Montgomery It has been three months since the ICE raids in Mississippi that saw 680 plant workers get arrested. Within hours many of the arrested were released, but in October, nearly 300 were still detained. Now, many of the immigrants that were a part of the operation are afraid to work and evenContinue reading “After ICE: How a Mississippi town has dealt with the raid months later”

It has been confirmed that earlier this week, ICE agents conducted a raid in Madison, Nebraska and arrested 14 people. The Immigrant Legal Center released this statement on Tuesday, “ILC has confirmed a workplace raid in Madison, Nebraska. Details are still emerging as of right now 14 individuals are known to have been apprehended.” TheContinue reading “ICE Conducts Raid in Nebraska”

On October 15, President Trump vetoed a bill that would block his emergency declaration of the border wall. This legislation was an effort by Congress to kill the national emergency declaration that transferred billions of dollars to the border wall construction. On Thursday, the Senate failed to override the veto as the final vote wasContinue reading “Trump Vetoes Wall Legislation”

Throughout his campaign and his time in office, President Trump has continuously said that the wall will be built and that it will be impenetrable. A man in Kentucky recently built a replica of the border wall to test that theory. Rick Weber in Rogers, Kentucky recently constructed a replica section of the wall usingContinue reading “Border Wall: As impenetrable as Trump thinks?”

One of the main reasons why Donald Trump was elected was because of his promise for a new reinforced wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Last month, President Trump insisted, “The wall is being built. It’s going up rapidly.” Let’s take a look at how much that is true. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,Continue reading “Trump’s Border Wall: What’s real and what isn’t”

Despite the backlash that President Trump has received for his decision to transfer federal funds for his border wall; many Republicans still support him in the government. It was recently reported that a federal judge ruled against President Trump taking federal funds to build the wall. The judge went as far as to call itContinue reading “Why Some Republicans Support Trump’s Border Wall”

Despite all of these impeachment propositions and other allegations that have come raining down on President Trump, the border wall is still being built. Throughout Trump’s administration, his proposal for the border wall has been met with mixed criticism. Today, I would like to focus on how people feel about the recent developments in ArizonaContinue reading “People are Upset about the Border Wall. Why?”

It has been announced that on November 7, there will be a congressional hearing on the controversial ICE raids that occurred in Mississippi in August of this year. Just to jog your memory about these ICE raids in Mississippi, let me give you some updates. 680 undocumented immigrants were arrested on August 7 at differentContinue reading “Congressional Hearing Announced for Mississippi Raids”

ICE raids became a hot topic of debate in early July this year. President Trump announced to the nation that significant ICE operations would get underway in large U.S. cities. ICE raids captivated the nation for nearly two months, but now large raids aren’t occurring as often as they were. So, are people paying attentionContinue reading “Are People Paying Attention to ICE raids?”