A Texas lawyer is among those trying to broaden the definition of asylum, dismaying conservative critics and some Mexican officials.EL PASO — One of his clients, a Mexican waitress and widowed mother of three, says she played dead under a pile of bodies to survive a massacre in Ciudad Juarez led by men she recognized as federal police.
More Mexicans Seek Asylum In U.s. As Drug Violence Rises
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times
Sun, 10/28/2012 - 5:00am
RELATED ARTICLES
- 3-D-printed gun fires real bullets
A Texas group run by a self-described anarchist has posted what appears to be the first video of the live firing of a handgun created with a 3-D printer. The 53-second video shows a single shot being fired from The Liberator, a plastic handgun that, with the exception of its metal firing pin, was assembled from parts made with a 3-D printer, according to Defense Distributed. More - Abused disabled Iowa plant workers awarded $240M
A Texas company has been ordered to pay 32 mentally disabled workers $240 million in damages for what government lawyers described as years of around-the-clock abuse. More - Rail car with ammonium nitrate didn't cause Texas blast: fire official
A rail car filled with extremely hazardous ammonium nitrate did not cause the fiery explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant, investigators said on Tuesday, in their first statement ruling out possible sources of the deadly blast six days ago. More - As many as 15 dead, 160 wounded in fertilizer explosion in Texas
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and injured 160. More - Wife of ex-judge arrested in slain Texas DA case
North Texas authorities have arrested the wife of a former justice of the peace who was charged with making a terroristic threat in connection with the shooting deaths of a district attorney and his wife. More
BING NEWS:
- Mexico’s leading presidential candidate stopped by masked men who ask for help in stemming violence
Masked men stopped a vehicle carrying Mexico’s leading presidential candidate while she was traveling between campaign stops to ask that she address the violence in the southern state of Chiapas if ...
04/21/2024 - 5:59 pm | View Link - 'Mexican miracle' kickstarted modern U.S.–Mexico drug trade
U.S. drug trade is less a tale of cops and kingpins than it is a fable about the unintended consequences of government policies on both sides of the border.
04/11/2024 - 12:55 am | View Link - Political rhetoric aims ‘vitriol and hatred’ at immigrant asylum-seekers, California advocates say
Brian Lopez recently drove more than 500 miles from Northern California to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of the border, where he and other legal experts gathered to offer free guidance to people seeking ...
04/9/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link - Ecuador and Mexico were feuding over election and asylum before embassy break-in
A spat between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spiraled into a full-blown diplomatic crisis when Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy Friday ...
04/7/2024 - 7:30 am | View Link - More
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more