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An immigrant student activist claimed U.S. immigration agents targeted her family for deportation to silence her. In July 2006, U.S. immigration agents rousted Miami Dade College student-activist Gaby Pacheco's parents and two sisters from sleep, briefly detained them, and put them into deportation proceedings.Now, on the eve of an immigration court hearing that could decide their fate, the Pachecos and their attorneys are making a touchy allegation: They contend Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted the family to silence Gaby, a leader in efforts to legalize immigrant students who, like herself, were brought to the United States by their parents...

Esther Clark of Brenau University, Eric Shive of Cornell and Travis Barham of Washington & Lee spoke of their exploits as conservative student leaders on campus at the recent Eagle Forum Collegians (EFC) Annual Leadership Summit. Coming into Brenau, a private women’s liberal arts college in Georgia, Clark focused on her career aspirations. She threw the idea of children and being a mother to the side, almost scoffing at her mother who had given up her career to take care of the children. But then she realized through reflection, a career didn’t matter to her. Seeing her classmates and people...