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Immigration
Bringing the Battlefield to the Border
Arizona leads the American Border War—a movement that has increasingly moved from the fringe to the mainstream in the southern US.
Truthout’s Jason Leopold Speaks to RT About The Other Abu Zubaidah
Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammed Husein, better known as Abu Zubaydah was the first high value Guantanamo detainee, and the first prisoner to be waterboarded, and the torture program was built, …
US Policies Separate Families, Kill the Sick and Create Havoc on the Mexican Border
Alberto was in Nogales, Sonora, now, and home was about as far away as a place could be for Alberto that night, his first after being deported
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EXCLUSIVE: From Hopeful Immigrant to FBI Informant – the Inside Story of the Other Abu Zubaidah
Hesham opened the envelope at the bar, expecting a green card. Instead it was a subpoena from the FBI, which would force him to testify—against his brother.
So Then the FBI Sent Out an Agent to Check Up on My FOIA Request …
Early last year, I discovered that Abu Zubaidah, the first high-value detainee who was held in top-secret CIA black site prisons and brutally tortured, has a younger brother who …
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Rape Behind Bars: New Rules to Protect LGBTQ Inmates, but Will Immigration and Customs Enforcement Comply?
After living in Tucson, Arizona, for 20 years, Tanya Guzman-Martinez was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and placed in a detention center for suspected undocumented immigrants
The US v Joe Arpaio: Justice Department Sues Arizona Sheriff for Racial Profiling of Latinos
The Justice Department has sued Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputies in Maricopa County for racially profiling Latino residents in the Phoenix area. The DOJcontends that Arpaio and his …
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Ten Most Racist Practices of Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr)Yesterday, the Department of Justice filed a formal legal complaint against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s …
Between Two Worlds – Life on the Border
No writer understands the border culture between Mexico and the United States more intimately than Luis Alberto Urrea, whose life is the stuff of great novels. Son of a …
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Tucson’s Ousted Mexican-American Studies Director Speaks: The Fight’s Not Over
Sean Arce may not have a job anymore, but he’s still going to defend the program he used to direct. Arce, the former director of Tucson Unified School District’s …