Archive for immigration

Mother stuck with cleanup bill after son killed by drunk driver

Monday, June 25th, 2012

The mother of a son who was killed by a drunk driver in South Carolina last year testified in court on Tuesday in court about bills requiring her to pay for the cleanup of her dead son’s body. Loretta Robinson explained her unimaginable pain when the call arrived from police that her son, Justin Walker, ... read more »

The new ‘AIDS’ of the Americas? Experts warn of insect-borne disease

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Experts are calling a little known but deadly illness caused by blood sucking insects the new AIDS of the Americas. A new study on the parasitic illness called Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, claims that the illness has similarities to the early spread of HIV. Experts writing in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases ... read more »

Shawna Forde, anti-immigrant activist, gets the death penalty

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Shawna Forde, an Arizona “border activist,” has been given the death penalty after she was convicted of murder in the case of a 29-year-old father and his 9-year-old daughter who were shot to death. The girl’s mother, Gina Gonzalez, was also shot, but she survived. Earlier in February, a jury found Forde guilty of two ... read more »