The inspiration behind “A Million Miles Away” talks about the movie and his inspirational story.
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Two films about the immigrant experience are my picks this weekend from the Palm Springs International Film Festival of Short Films.
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The Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved $750,000 in funding for temporary shelter and other relief programs for undocumented immigrants brought into Riverside County by U.S. Customs & Border Enforcement and other agencies amid the ongoing border surge. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board authorized the Department of Housing, Homelessness Prevention & Workforce Solutions […]
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[bc_video video_id=”6237085892001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”rJpklujDf” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px” mute=”” width=”100%” height=”100%” ] Only 23-years-old, Yesenia Cardona from Chiquimulilla, Guatemala, died in a crash near El Centro, CA on Tuesday. The SUV had 25 people inside, and the incident is now being investigated as part of a larger human-smuggling operation. Everyone inside that […]
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(CNN) — A 31-year-old Mexican national is the first detainee in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody to test positive for the novel coronavirus, the agency announced Tuesday. The detainee, who has been held at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey, has been quarantined and is receiving care, ICE said, adding that the agency […]
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When Annmarie Small, a teacher at Cornerstone Learning Community in Tallahassee, Florida, became a U.S. citizen, her students were there to cheer her on. She came to the U.S. from Jamaica with her son, and found a supportive community at her school.
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A US Army officer got a call he was dreading on Thursday. His mom had been deported to Mexico. She called her family from the other side of the border to let them know. “I feel betrayed, to be honest,” 2nd Lt. Gibram Cruz told CNN affiliate KSWB. “A country that I’m serving, which I’ve served […]
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An immigration judge has granted asylum to a Connecticut high school student whose arrest sparked an outpouring of support from teachers and classmates. But 18-year-old Mario Aguilar remains behind bars, and it’s unclear when he’ll be back in school. “It was cruel and inhumane that he was detained in the first place, and it is even […]
