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Anti-Muslim Protests on First Day at Houston’s Arabic Immersion School

Protestors denouce Arabic immersion school for kindergarten and preschool students as “anti-American.”

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#Xenophobia

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Judge Rules Federal Government Must Release Children From Detention Centers

The clock is ticking for the federal government to open family detention center doors and release immigrant children who are seeking asylum. In her recent ruling in Jenny Lisette Flores v. Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ordered the government to release detained children by October 23, 2015.

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In the end, Gee said the government should not hold children for longer than 72 hours unless it has proof that they are dangerous to themselves or others, or at high risk for flight. She also said that the goal should be “family reunification” and so they should be released with their parents as a first resort.

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#immigrantRights

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Full Video of police shooting #KristianaCoignard age 17

Apparently this police station has no pepper spray and no K9.

And who is training these coward officers that they can’t each grab one of her arms so that she can’t pull out a weapon?

Why become an officer if you have no courage to subdue a child?

Why are we paying our officers to shoot our children? Any why do none of them make a move to stop the bleeding? Or give CPR?

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