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As Hurricane Ike Looms Closer, Immigrants Refuse To Leave

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Sep 10

As Hurricane Ike makes its way towards Texas, the Associated Press reports, emergency officials are getting ready to evacuate 1 million people from the Rio Grande Valley. However, they are running into problems convincing many immigrants to leave because they were afraid of being arrested if they board the buses.
They also fear that Immigration [...]

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Here We Go Again, Maybe … This Time It Is “Ike”

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Sep 09

Believe it or not, I have finally made it home. After being after from my place for two weeks, it is great to be back. In fact, I was hoping I would have been done with the last part to “The Long Road Back Home From Denver.” Such is not the case. I am [...]

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Denver Day Two: Not So Strange Anymore

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Aug 26

I was hoping to up date everything I did yesterday, but it is impossible because there is just too much to write on. It feels like information overload. So I have decided I will wait and write a big post when of everything I did, which I plan to include pictures. I will write on [...]

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Denver Day One: Stranger in a Strange Land

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Aug 25

As I walked around Denver to familiarize myself with the town and the places I am suppose to be to place my XP mark, I felt out of place. You can definitely feel there is a major police presence here and it is unsettling. I have overheard the undocumented are not reporting to work and [...]

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Olympic Gold and The Taste of Bittersweet Irony

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Aug 19

Henry Cejudo, son of undocumented Mexican immigrants, wins Olympic freestyle wrestling title at 121 pounds.

From Henry Fernandez at Think Progress.

Henry Cejudo’s uniquely American story started with a single mother who taught him what it meant to truly fight. His mother Nelly – an undocumented immigrant — moved him and his siblings several times chasing work [...]

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