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This nun defends migrants. She says both Texas and California used them as pawns
1 year, 6 months ago

This nun defends migrants. She says both Texas and California used them as pawns

LA Times  

Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, greets a group of asylum seekers at a bus station in Brownsville, Texas, in February 2021. But 1,600 miles away in the Texas border city of McAllen, where the migrants had boarded the bus, Abbott had an unexpected collaborator: Sister Norma Pimentel, a prominent migrant aid worker …

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Deputy alleges Sheriff Villanueva’s wife derailed her career
2 years, 11 months ago

Deputy alleges Sheriff Villanueva’s wife derailed her career

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his wife, Vivian Villanueva, at an academy graduation ceremony in 2019. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has filed a lawsuit alleging that her career was thwarted after she decided a close friend of Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s wife was unfit to serve as a deputy. Deputy Lina Pimentel claimed her “career progression has …

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Man shelters 300 dogs from Hurricane Delta in Mexico home
4 years, 2 months ago

Man shelters 300 dogs from Hurricane Delta in Mexico home

Associated Press  

LEONA VICARIO, Mexico — As the dangerous Hurricane Delta closed in on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Ricardo Pimentel opened his home — to about 300 dogs. Pimentel was so busy in the midst of the storm — the hurricane downed trees, knocked out power and prompted the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists along the Yucatan Peninsula’s resort-studded coast — …

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'You Don't Really Expect It To Happen To You': When Your Job Is Suddenly Gone
4 years, 9 months ago

'You Don't Really Expect It To Happen To You': When Your Job Is Suddenly Gone

NPR  

'You Don't Really Expect It To Happen To You': When Your Job Is Suddenly Gone Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images When Kary Wayson walked through empty Seattle streets last week, she didn't realize she was heading to her last shift at work. toggle caption Brian Weiss/Courtesy of Kary Wayson "Getting laid off is crazy …

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A refugee camp grows on the US-Mexico border
4 years, 10 months ago

A refugee camp grows on the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

In Mexico’s Matamoros, thousands of asylum seekers wait in an encampment for their asylum cases to be heard in the US. Matamoros, Mexico – Preparing for lunch hour, Maria* adds firewood to her wide mud stove shaded by a tarp shelter amid hundreds of similar structures home to asylum seekers like her, waiting for months in this camp with hopes …

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Mother watched as daughter gunned down in Gilroy: ‘She took my hand and looked up at the sky’
5 years, 5 months ago

Mother watched as daughter gunned down in Gilroy: ‘She took my hand and looked up at the sky’

LA Times  

Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, 35, hugs her cousin Hans Bludau as they grieve in the living room, filled with flowers, candles and photographs. People surround and hug Keyla’s mother, Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, middle, at a Zumba class fundraiser at Dancing Angel’z Blvd in San Jose. Keyla’s mother, Lorena Pimentel de Salazar, 35, middle, along with family and friends, participate …

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