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The border military parade

Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, April 10, 2018

In response to a largely illusory threat of an unprecedented wave of immigrants assaulting the U.S. border with Mexico, President Trump has called for a surge in federal military forces to assist Homeland Security. More than a thousand Central Americans recently trudged through southern Mexico as part of an annual Holy Week event, bolstered by

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The real criminals

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, February 21, 2018

In the past few decades, our country has faced the revival of a social phenomenon with Draconian precedence: nativism. President Donald Trump and his $ 70 billion wall and “Muslim ban” are only symptoms of a disease that has plagued America for centuries. From the Know-Nothing Party in 1855 to the Tea Party offshoot of

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‘I am an American’

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 1, 2016

I illegally entered the United States on July 23, 2003 when I was eight years old. I remember it clearly, it was a blistering hot summer day on the U.S.–Mexico border. I remember the rushed atmosphere and the hushed conversations all through the day. My mom told me we were going on a vacation, and my