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4 Facts About the Iran Bomb Plot
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer tackles Iranian-American Mansour Arbabsiar’s alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. He provides four interesting details about the astonishing case, including that it was likely never going to happen and the U.S. thinks Iran is responsible. The assassination was never going to…
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Feds Should Provide NYPD Oversight
Adam Serwer writes in a blog entry at Mother Jones that the New York Police Department, in order to avoid systemic abuse of civil rights during its surveillance of Muslim enclaves, should develop a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department. Right now there is no federal oversight of the department’s counterterrorism efforts, he says.…
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Obama Sets Dangerous Precedent With Awlaki
Adam Serwer, in a blog entry at Mother Jones, writes about the death of American-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and whether President Barack Obama should be allowed to secretly order the death of a U.S. citizen without outside review. The central question in the death of American extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is not his innocence. That…
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Why Immigration Is Hurting Rick Perry
Adam Serwer, in a blog entry at Mother Jones, traces Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s GOP presidential nomination woes to his un-Tea Party-like stance on immigration. As an example, he cites Perry’s support for in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, which is seen as giving the undeserving an advantage over the…
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More Than 1 Million of the Undocumented Deported
Adam Serwer, in a blog entry at Mother Jones, uses surprising statistics to debunk the myth about President Barack Obama’s immigration policy that accuses him of “backdoor amnesty” and of holding the border hostage. On September 9, I wrote that the Obama administration, based on statistics from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was nearing its millionth…
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Obama Getting Close to 1 Million Deportations
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer reviews President Barack Obama’s deportation record. The Obama administration has deported close to one million undocumented immigrants since January 2009, according to recently updated statistics from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement … How you react to Obama’s record on deportation depends where you are on the political spectrum.…
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Romney All Over the Place on Immigration
Adam Serwer, in a blog entry for Mother Jones, tackles GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s changing position on immigration as he gropes for a voter-friendly viewpoint. [Massachusetts] Governor Mitt Romney’s flip-flops on immigration are less dramatic than his switch from ardent pro-choicer to opposing abortion in almost all circumstances, but they might be more convoluted.…
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Wrongful Convictions: You Can't Believe Your Eyes
Adam Serwer, in a blog post for the American Prospect, discusses the recent landmark ruling by a New Jersey judge that calls for a modification in the admissability of eyewitness evidence. Eyewitness misidentification is a leading factor in wrongful convictions — according to the Innocence Project, more than 75 percent of DNA exonerations involved cases of…
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Obama Deserves Credit for Curbing Deportations
In a blog post for the Washington Post’s opinion section, Adam Serwer of the American Prospect applauds the Obama administration’s decision to forestall the deportation of nonthreatening undocumented immigrants. Yesterday’s decision by the Obama administration to forestall the deportations of undocumented immigrants who don’t pose a threat [to] public safety is a huge, huge deal.…
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