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Fighting sex trafficking takes multipronged approach
Sex trafficking doesn’t look like the plot of the 2008 film “Taken” starring Liam Neeson as a father who dramatically rescues his daughter from Albanian gangsters.
Letter: Unbelievable naiveté on immigration
“How about coming legally. That’s a term that the lefties want to ignore.”
Letter: We all can support immigrants
“Here’s a different idea: What if some [local] hotel owners, Airbnb owners and people with an extra bedroom or two decided to welcome a few families who are at the border to stay for free and raised the funds to transport them here?”
Letter: ‘Immocrats’ and abortion rights
“The immigrant vote is a major threat to U.S. abortion rights and has already destroyed the March for Choice (replacing it with the March for Women’s Lives or Women’s March).”
Letter: A reminder of immigrant children’s plight
“Thank you for not letting us forget this ongoing and horrific violation of these most vulnerable persons detained in for-profit concentration camps.”
Letter: Politically correct is not always accurate
“Undocumented alien is just as legitimate a descriptive as any of the words used for any other crime, which describes the criminal and the crime.”
Letter: Effect of ICE raids is shocking
“To hear of people in our community with no criminal records cowering in fear of going to the grocery store is shocking.”
Letter: Word choice insults ‘real immigrants’
“Reading that illegals have the temerity to insist that county commissioners do something to stop immigration enforcement should enrage anyone who believes in the rule of law.”
Attitude of gratitude: Asheville residents from around the globe dish about Thanksgiving
In WNC’s immigrant communities, the Thanksgiving table often holds a mix of American traditions and international flavors.
Letter writer: Well-planned refugee programs enrich communities
“We are a nation of refugees, and we should all be concerned about issues to limit our already very controlled and successful refugee resettlement programs.”
Letter writer: UDO favors cars over immigrants
“It’s hard to imagine a document or a policy that causes more cars per immigrant despite Council’s laughable rhetoric to the contrary; and it’s no accident.”
Mexican Consulate plans Saturday, Oct. 19, Asheville visit to aid immigrants
For the past three years, the Consulate General of Mexico has brought its Raleigh, N.C., office to Asheville so that Western North Carolina’s more than 24,000 immigrants can get help with a variety of legal and logistical needs.
Sign of the times: Billboard campaign aims to promote acceptance of immigrants
In the wake of a raid at the Shogun Buffet on Brevard Road that sent 12 immigrant workers to jail earlier this month, a Raleigh-based nonprofit is sponsoring a series of billboards across the state that aim to put a human face on immigration.
