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The former South Bend Mayor told the illegal immigrant he viewed her as an American, despite her illegal status. “So, first of all, this should go without saying but it’s important to say out loud that I regard you and all DACA recipients as American as I am or anybody else is in this room,” he said. In December, Buttigieg also expressed his desire that he would open up taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegals during a conversation with a voter in Spanish. “So the most important thing for me is that we offer the opportunity for health care to all in...

California has given us three new truths about government. One, the higher that taxes rise, the worst state services become. Two, the worse a natural disaster hits, the more the state contributes to its havoc. And three, the more existential the problem, the more the state ignores it. California somehow has managed to have the fourth-highest gas taxes in the nation, yet its roads are rated 44th among the 50 states. Nearly 70 percent of California roads are considered to be in poor or mediocre condition by the state Senate. In response, the state Legislature naturally wants to raise gas...

Pinal County authorities are looking for a man who opened fire on a group of illegal immigrants in a desert area near Red Rock Wednesday afternoon. Two were killed, and an unknown amount of others were injuried. Investigators say a group of at least 12 immigrants were gathered at a stock pond when somebody drove up, got out of the vehicle, and opened fire. Some of the immigrants were able to run for cover. A helicopter was looking for other survivors Wednesday night, but had found nothing. Authorities are now shifting their focus towards finding the gunman. Shell casings from...

As part of an international demonstration focusing primarily on immigrants’ rights, advocates from the Rio Grande Valley and Matamoros gathered at both ends of Brownsville’s Gateway International Bridge Saturday morning to voice their concerns."Whether we are residents of Mexico or the U.S. side of the border, we suffer similar injustices: poverty, violence, unemployment, low salaries and poor public services such as education, health care, electricity and water," said Helga Garcia-Garza, reading from a statement released by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ), which organized the demonstration.Garcia-Garza is a member of Tlapalcalli Inc., a group under the...