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Cuba Travel: Best Chance Since 2003

by Emily Chow on September 26, 2010
We are the closest we have been for years to ending the ridiculous travel ban on Cuba. This Wednesday, September 29, at noon, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) will consider H.R. 4645, the “Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act.” This means that they will be considering whether to lift the travel ban on Cuba, or not.
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Senator DeMint's Wall of Dreams: A Border Nightmare

by Brian Erickson and Jennifer Johnson on September 22, 2009
Do you remember Kevin Costner's blind determination in the movie Field of Dreams to build a baseball field based on the direction of a mysterious voice? Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has heard a similar voicing stating, "If you build it, they won't come."

He wants a 700-mile wall of pedestrian fencing built along the U.S.-Mexico border --a measure that will harm communities and the environment of the borderlands and do nothing to fix our broken immigration system. 

Click here to help to stop this latest attempt to expand on the failed policy of constructing more walls along our SW border.

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