KOTA KINABALU: A total of 218 out of 338 projects to reconstruct dilapidated schools in Sabah have been completed to date, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek (pic). She said 60 projects were currently under construction and expected to be completed soon, while the remaining 60 projects were still in the planning stage. “All these improvement … Read more
Douglas County filed suit Monday against the state of Colorado, alleging that two laws prohibiting local governments from cooperating with the federal government on immigration enforcement violate the state constitution. The lawsuit, which other conservative counties are considering joining, takes aim at laws passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Jared Polis in recent … Read more
Early on a mid-February morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in unmarked vehicles gathered in an empty parking lot in Denver, nearly a quarter mile from the workplace of a man they had been tracking. In a briefing, the officers described how they planned to arrest the 25-year-old, who was born in Mexico, as … Read more
Emily Borges wants to work — even if it’s not as a cop, the decade-long career she said she left behind in Venezuela after facing threats within her own police agency for doing her job amid pervasive corruption. After a treacherous journey to the U.S., Borges and her 2-year-old daughter, Arantza, crossed the southern border … Read more
For three days, all they did was walk. The immigrant rights activists walked, despite blisters forming on their feet and their shoes wearing thin, despite the physical and emotional toll it was taking on their bodies, and despite the cold air that blew against their faces. They walked for 60 miles because, if nothing else, … Read more
