The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the highest administrative review authority for the US Immigration Courts, has upheld the removal order for Vides Casanova in a case published as a precedent decision. As precedent, it now controls future rulings by Immigration Judges on similar issues nationwide.Pamela Constable at the Washington Post has some background on the case, specifically Juan Romagoza.
Kevin Clarke has Death Comes For the Archbishop for America.
The night before his murder, the archbishop made a personal appeal in a desperate attempt to place some sort of moral obstacle before the escalating pace of the killing in El Salvador. He spoke directly to those soldiers of the night who were most responsible for the growing horror. “I would like to appeal in a special way to the men of the army,” he said, “and in particular to the troops of the National Guard, the police and the garrisons. Brothers, you belong to our own people. You kill your own brother peasants; and in the face of an order to kill that is given by a man, the law of God that says ‘Do not kill!’ should prevail. No soldier is obliged to obey an order counter to the law of God. No one has to comply with an immoral law. It is time now that you recover your conscience and obey its dictates rather than the command of sin.... Therefore, in the name of God, and in the name of this long-suffering people, whose laments rise to heaven every day more tumultuous, I beseech you, I beg you, I command you! In the name of God: ‘Cease the repression!’”
The applause was so thunderous the radio station’s beleaguered audio technicians at first took it for some sort of short circuit or feedback in the system that had knocked the good archbishop off the air.Fernando Luiz Lara takes a look at Contested Cities: Latin America’s Urban Challenges in the World Politics Review.
Latin America’s contemporary urban struggles are characterized by three main issues: public safety; mobility and accessibility; and resources and climate change. These topics are inextricably linked, as this article will show.Imprisoned gang leaders are on a hunger strike to protest prison conditions in El Salvador.
Tim's got a round up as well.
Date Chosen for Beatification of Murdered Archbishop Romero at The Latin Americanist.
El Salvador hopes to produce final electoral results this week. They are in hanging chad territory.
It's spring break here at the University of Scranton so now back to housework. Normally we might see some people out gardening this week but we still have a few inches of snow on the ground.
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