We’re in the midst of the 2019 hurricane season, and people in the Bahamas are still recovering from Hurricane Dorian, which is considered the country’s worst natural disaster to date. In 2018, Hurricane Florence hit the coast of North Carolina, which left 51 people dead and caused $24 billion in […]
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For more than a decade, more than 100 migrant and refugee families from countries like Myanmar (formerly Burma), Vietnam, Ethiopia, Guatemala and others have come to Moorefield, West Virginia. They’ve done so to work at Pilgrim’s Pride – a large poultry plant that is Hardy County’s biggest employer with 1,700 […]
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When one of Maureen Abell’s undocumented clients was arrested on felony hit-and-run charges in Mecklenburg County in 2017, she told him to not to post bail. Paying that fee would almost guarantee that he ended up in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s custody, she said. “He sat in county jail […]
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Seeking to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Senate, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship called for an end to illegal immigration, saying it costs billions of dollars a year. “We have to stop illegal immigration, costing us $130 billion a year to house and feed and give benefits to […]
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Democrats and Republicans say they want to pass immigration reform this year. Most Republicans are pushing for tighter border regulations, while some Democrats say they would like to find a way to extend work permits to “Dreamers” through the DACA program. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It […]
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