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"We are the most vetted people in the United States, the most vetted group of immigrants in the United States," said Hernandez. "Most of us have college university degrees, we are doctors, we are teachers, yet that is not enough for the basic recognition of our contributions to the United States." | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced inmate Todd Holloway, age 36, to 50 months in federal prison, consecutive to the state sentence he is currently serving, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy charge related to his participation in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Maryland Correctional Institution Jessup (MCIJ), including narcotics, unauthorized flash drives, tobacco, and cell phones into the prison.
In life an Indigenous leader from Guatemala helped so many in Los Angeles find home, but in death he’s caught between two countries.
Friends and family gather in Los Angeles, California to pay their respects to Policarpo Chaj, K’iche’ translator and spiritual leader, who passed away from Covid-19 Feb. 16, 2021. (Courthouse News photo/ Nathan Solis)
(CN) The Indigenous community leader Policarpo Chaj has closed his mouth, but he’s surrounded by friends and family who say they can still hear his voice.
Chaj turned 49 on Jan. 16, 2021, while intubated at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. During a video call, his cousin Ervin Hernandez asked the nurses to come over to hold the phone up to Chaj’s face so they could sing “Happy Birthday” together.