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Three young Guatemalan women went on trial this week at the red-rock federal courthouse in Alpine, Texas. It's about 70 miles from the spot in the border town of Presidio where they waded across the Rio Grande three weeks ago, with their eight- and nine-year-old sons in tow. One of the women, Emilia Figueroa, testified during the trial that she believed if she brought her boy with her, the two of them would be released to live in the United States until their immigration court date. But, to their horror, the opposite occurred. Agents booked the Guatemalan mothers for unlawful...

The local body of ANSWER has decided to take Tuesday afternoons off in order to "peace" march alongside one of our major throughfares. The first two Tuesdays, they were unopposed. Yesterday, they were not. My friend and her son, and me and my son, strode over to the only unoccupied corner (the weasels had the other three covered). We bravely unfurled our signs - Support Our Troops (available from grassfire.com), Another Family Supporting Pres. Bush and Our Troops (available from W-04), Appeasement Emboldens Tyrants and Peace Through Victory. Apparently, the honks, waves and thumbs up we were receiving sent shock...