Migrants Return South as U S Economic Slump Deepens
As the U.S. economy sours, migrants both legal and illegal scrap by saving for a one way flight home. In San Diego and across California, laborers face weeks without work and shrinking remittances. Some plan to return to Oaxaca and other parts of Mexico where prospects are bleaker, while many stay for family ties and higher wages.
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San Diego
Honduras
Dionisio Urbina
Home Depot
U.S
Mexico City
California
Chicago
USS
Border Patrol
United States
Mexico
Wayne Cornelius
University of California, San Diego
Center For Comparative Immigration Studies
Cornelius
Karina Corona
Culiacan
Corona
Beach
Los Angeles
Juan Pacheco
Oaxaca
Pacheco
Growth slows as unauthorized immigrant count falls
The Pew Hispanic Center estimates 11.9 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States as of March, down 500,000 from last year. The report notes fluctuations since 2000 while individual stories describe families strained by wage, housing, and travel pressures.
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U.S
Two greenhouse gases on the rise
Airborne methane and nitrogen trifluoride are increasing alongside carbon dioxide, surprise findings from two new studies. Methane, the second-largest warming gas, largely comes from landfills natural gas coal mining and decaying plants with ancient Arctic biomass locked in permafrost and sea sediments posing a growing threat as the Arctic warms.
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Washington, D.C
Arctic
Hunger strike at Guantanamo exposes guard tactics
The AP reports on Ahmed Zuhair ISN 669 and other detainees involved in a long hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay. Documents in Washington federal court describe force feeding by restraint chairs, pepper spray, and brute force used by guards, drawing international condemnation. Zuhair, a father of 10, has been held since 2002 without charges, with at least 12 prisoners said to be participating on Friday.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Ahmed Zaid Zuhair
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Guantanamo Bay
U.S
Associated Press
Washington
Zuhair
Yale Law School
Ramzi Kassem
ISN 669
Army
Bruce Vargo
Irish Republican Army
Irish National Liberation Army
Britain
Maze
U.S. Navy
Cuba
Abdul Rahman Shalabi
Kassem
Physicians For Human Rights
World Medical Association
The
United Nations
Pauline Storum
Department of Defense
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