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  • Border chaos: Mom is separated from son, deported, but returns illegally for a reunion a year later

    02/28/2019 5:50:23 PM PST · by blueplum · 14 replies
    WaPo via MSN ^ | 28 Feb 2019 | Michael Miller
    BLOOMINGTON, Ill. —The first time Jeny Amador fled Honduras for the United States, she tried to enter the country legally: She presented herself at an El Paso border checkpoint in early 2018 and asked for asylum. Amador instead was separated from her 10-year-old son. Authorities accused her of being a smuggler. She was detained for months until she agreed to be deported — without her boy, who went to live with relatives here in the Midwest. (snip) ...When Amador tried to enter the country again in February, she found a shocking about-face. She was turned away from the same checkpoint...
  • Canadian Basic Income Recipients Are Suing Their Government

    02/04/2019 6:26:07 PM PST · by blueplum · 11 replies
    CityLab via msn ^ | 04 Feb 2019 | Tracey Lindeman
    Members of an internationally lauded basic income pilot project in Canada are taking their province to court over its surprise cancellation, arguing that the Ontario government’s decision is unethical and that it was made in bad faith. On Jan. 27, a three-judge legal panel heard arguments in a Toronto courthouse. They ultimately reserved judgment, meaning they haven’t yet decided whether to uphold the government’s decision or accept...