Aunti-Fa Désirée
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NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
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UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
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U.S. strikes alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side.
In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two to three individuals aboard the vessel were killed.
www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-str...
In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two to three individuals aboard the vessel were killed.
www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-str...
U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side
This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.
www.cbsnews.com
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JUST IN: The Trump administration has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)
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“Day of the Dead started to emerge in popular culture in the 1970s during the Chicano movement and one artist who was critical in that transformation was Ofelia Esparza.”
New Ofelia Esparza exhibit opened at the Vincent Price Art Gallery at ELAC in Monterey Park (til 4/26)
laist.com/news/arts-an...
New Ofelia Esparza exhibit opened at the Vincent Price Art Gallery at ELAC in Monterey Park (til 4/26)
laist.com/news/arts-an...
At 93 years old, LA artist who helped popularize Day of the Dead gets her first solo show
L.A.’s preeminent altarista Ofelia Esparza’s work will be on display at the Vincent Price Museum from October to April.
laist.com
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Too many white men without medical degrees or reasoning are concerned about the reproductive organs of children.
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