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This Cuban Artist Spooks The Regime So Much They Had Her Arrested
Tania Bruguera, the provocative Cuban artist, talks about living under constant surveillance, the future of Cuba, and attacking the Castro regime from the left. Tania Bruguera in Havana, Cuba Enrique...
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No Clear Indications About Ruling On Immigration Actions Case At Arguments
The three judges gave no indication of their eventual ruling in the challenge over last year’s immigration executive actions as the Obama administration and state officials square off. Demonstrators...
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Thousands Of Dreamers Are Losing Their Work Permits
The federal government is struggling to renew work authorizations for thousands of undocumented immigrants temporarily protected from deportation by the Obama administration. Community activists rally...
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Lawsuit Says Immigrant Kids Are Being Illegally Barred From School
A new lawsuit alleges that a school district in upstate New York funneled refugee teens into inferior alternative programs. Similar complaints have popped up all around the country. Immigrant students...
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Asian-American Groups Split Over Affirmative Action Complaint
While one set of advocacy groups is demanding a federal investigation into Harvard’s admissions practices, another has rebuked the complaint and defended affirmative action. A locked gate at Harvard...
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This Mostly Latino City Is So Tough On Immigrants They Call It “Little Arizona”
Escondido, California, has a mostly Latino population and an immigrant mayor. It has also adopted some of the harshest anti-illegal-immigration measures in the country. Escondido residents protest a...
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Appeals Court Keeps Obama's Immigration Program On Hold
A panel of judges from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government’s request to allow the president’s immigration executive action to move forward. Pool / Getty Images A federal appeals...
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Here’s How The Feds Say The Alleged FIFA Bribery Schemes Worked
The U.S. Justice Department is alleging massive corruption by officials associated with international soccer’s governing body. Here’s how the indictment says things went down. Federal agents load a...
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Asian-Americans Grapple With New Role In Challenges To Affirmative Action
Asian-American students are the new face of legal challenges to affirmative action in college admissions, but their views on the subject are anything but simple. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Sarah...
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This Immigrant Has Spent Nine Months In Detention Over A Pot Bust
Federal immigration authorities have refused to release 24-year-old Jose Luis Sanchez, even though he is eligible to stay in the U.S. Jose Luis Sanchez and his daughter Courtesy Omar Sanchez An...
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This Global Megachurch Promises A Bright Future — If You Do What They Say
José Rocha went to the church because he had questions that needed answering. It was February 2000 in Bogotá, Colombia, and was, Rocha said, “one of those moments in life when you have to make...
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George W. Bush Got A $200,000 Speaking Fee From An Alleged Ponzi Scheme
An oil company charged with defrauding Chinese investors out of millions of dollars paid the former president to be the keynote speaker at a summit on US-China energy relations. Former President...
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Here's What Happened At The Federal Appeals Court Hearing Over Obama's...
The court heard arguments Friday that focused on whether Texas and other states can sue to stop Obama’s 2014 Deferred Action for Parents of Americans executive order. Gerald Herbert / AP NEW ORLEANS —...
View ArticleLGBT Activist Believes Catholic Church "Has Put Itself On Our Side" After...
Simón Cazal, the first married gay activist to participate in a public event with Pope Francis, spoke to BuzzFeed News after the encounter in Paraguay. Update: The Vatican’s spokesman said after this...
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Visa Program For Wealthy Investors Marred By Fraud
America’s multibillion-dollar immigrant investor program is overseen by an agency that many say is not equipped to smell out financial fraud. David Mcnew / Getty Images A federal immigration program...
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Immigration Authorities Are Far More Likely To Jail You If You’re Mexican
Immigrant detainees at an ICE facility in California. John Moore / Getty Images BuzzFeed News has found stark disparities in how the government uses its detention authority in immigration cases, with...
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The U.S. Asylum System Is Completely Overwhelmed
Asylum claims have grown sixfold in the past three years, overpowering the U.S. immigration system’s ability to handle them. M., an asylum seeker from Vietnam, is stranded in the Bronx David Noriega /...
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“This Community Is Not A White Community”
The census classifies people from the Middle East and North Africa as white. After decades of advocacy, this may finally change. Linda Sarsour, director of the Arab American Association of New York....
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Ahmed Mohamed's Homemade Clock Arrest Shocked A Nation, But Not Local Muslims
Ahmed Mohamed, 14, gestures as he arrives to his family's home. Lm Otero / AP The image of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed at school — a NASA shirt over his thin frame, his arms handcuffed over fears his...
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Immigration Courts Could Lose A Third Of Their Interpreters
Language interpreters, who are crucial to the basic functioning of America’s beleaguered immigration courts, say a new federal contractor is trying to drastically underpay them. An interpreter's...
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