Author: Jerry Markon
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Trump order barring refugees, migrants from Muslim countries triggers chaos, outrage
President Trump’s executive order barring refugees and migrants from predominantly Muslim countries from entry into the United States rippled across the world on Saturday, causing widespread confusion, triggering outrage among immigrant advocates and leading to the detention at U.S. airports of people flying into the country. In addition to blocking all entries from seven countries,…
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Border Patrol chief resigns after clashing with powerful union
The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol has resigned after only six months on the job, one day after President Trump announced plans to ratchet up immigration enforcement and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said Thursday. It was not immediately clear why Mark Morgan – a career FBI official who was the…
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Sotomayor’s votes don’t fit in a box
WASHINGTON – Three years ago, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ruled against a minister who had sued his church for age discrimination, and accused her Republican colleagues of judicial activism when they allowed the case to go forward.Three months later, Sotomayor supported black and Hispanic prisoners seeking the right to vote, despite age-old laws barring…