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The New Faces of Immigration: 57,000 Central American Children
America is divided over whether to call them refugees, illegal aliens, or just kids who need protection after risking their lives to come to this country. Should they be given asylum as refugees, or sent back to Central America as soon as possible with the message that others will not be welcome?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAmerica is divided over whether to call them refugees, illegal aliens, or just kids who need protection after risking their lives to come to this country. Should they be given asylum as refugees, or sent back to Central America as soon as possible with the message that others will not be welcome? President Obama is stuck with a law that makes resolution a laborious process, and he’s been forced to ask for help from an unsympathetic Congress. We’ll hear about a humanitarian crisis that’s become a political minefield.
Also, the UN chief calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Palestine, and where did the new generation get new technology to re-shape the Middle East?
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As the UN Security Council met today, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said it’s more urgent than ever to avoid another Israeli-Palestinian war. Meantime, new long-range missiles continue to fly out of Gaza toward major Israeli cities, and the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s retaliatory strikes is on the increase.
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