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of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al jazeera new york one other story to bring you it's exactly 60 years since russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin became became the 1st man in space garren successful mission in 1961 marked a historic achievement for the soviet union beating the united states in a tight race to send the 1st human into space the 27 year old was an obit for 108 minutes before coming back to earth the soviet union also sent the 1st woman valentina tereshkova into space to he is later i. want to recap on the top stories now israel's prime minister is saying that iran is the greatest threat in the region that he won't allow the country to obtain nuclear capability this comes after iran described sunday's attack on its main nuclear facility in a tan's as an act of terrorism and vowed to respond the incident comes at
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a sensitive time in diplomacy with both iran and the u.s. trying to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal. the mayor of minneapolis has declared a state of emergency amid protests over the death of an unarmed black man dante wright following his shooting by police the chief of police is saying the office a mistook gun for a taser rights shooting was less than 20 kilometers away from where george floyd was killed. is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with a single bullet this appears to me from what i viewed in the officer's reaction in distress immediately after that this was an accidental discharge the resulted in the tragic death of mr wright. well george floyd's brother for lowness has testified in the trial of police officer derek chauvin in minneapolis in what's known as the spark of life testimony for lowness described the role his brother had
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within the family and the community in our headlines the world health organization is warning that the covert 1000 pandemic is growing exponentially 4400000 new cases were reported last week alone and india has now surpassed brazil as the country with the 2nd highest number of infections behind the united states. through all the presidential runoff vote in june after no candidate secured a majority following a fragmented 1st round of voting socialist and trade unions fredricka still was the surprise leader with 18 percent of the vote after a late surge in popularity also a surprise result in neighboring ecuador where the win again will last so as promising to bring true change the former banker is planning to attract foreign investment to create jobs and boost a stagnant economy after beating his leftwing rival andries arouse so witness is coming up next with the story of 5 mexican american immigration lawyers stay with us for that. the bottom until price is the defining
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story of our time never before have done it already in human health so clearly i have tried magisterial winning environmental solutions very grand across the world we see college people fighting they tell us gone and combating climate change while finding ways to protect all life on all planets ass rise coming soon as a seer are. you ready yet. so we're going to do today's proctors your citizenship interview. and you became a lawful permanent resident when. 963 have you ever registered to vote no have you ever bowed you know. and are you part of the communist party or have you ever been you know how about the toe tarion party or a terrorist organization. ever been associated with a military unit
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a paramilitary unit a police unit you know a rebel group no militia no have you ever been charged with committing a crime yes have you ever been convicted of a crime yes what could happen is that they deny it and we need to go see your jonathan immigration court we've known this since we started going so. we could move on and then what do you mean it or not so we know exactly what happened. very. well and. we do what we can do for me free. to take a break. you know and you're right you know history has been trying a lot of ways that is to discourage more migrants coming many of those ways and wants more of using singing in the name or in the want in the end was to be
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i'm the eldest in the group in terms of age and lawyer years. i've gotten to a level where i felt like i had seen mostly every type of case i had a strategy from missouri type of case come the new administration with its policy changes i really start to feel like a rookie attorney again. most of us are 1st generation are all mexican and very very intimately tied with our roots. i'm probably perceived as he and mother hen of the group who got that civil for tata. were still fancy tonsil place in the us a lot of got
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a little star of the armed forces up at all or that michelin star. michelin star. glottis is an amazing amazing networker to say is always one to bring comedic relief. elizabeth is a great sounding board for strategy. and i certainly brings to the freshness of the new practitioner of immigration law. just not messin with i'm not on welfare yes that's. right. so come on my clients i want to file that. just as i told on my blog doesn't use cases are getting dragged out for years they're getting to the 9 and every step front of it that.
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they're going to. spend his money i don't need money maybe even the. prosecutor said wish me luck containing an innocent person being years. even to me. and she said. this is a sibling to 7 petition that's been pending since 1998 i believe or 9097 so this is like a prime example of these lines that everybody talks about you know just get in line just do it legally yeah it took 21 years for this person to do it the right way. and not even letting tina.
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ringback. yes. but the fitness guru. the 2nd let me come by you haven't been to a mass for your help every year and though sometimes ok in your metaphor kids love you still me home because you think that is the model that you'll only have and then we have those live. in they've got a list of those almost like the sea but also love and was there so we can most of
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these all of them will nominate me as a nominee and will do the honors they want us out of me almost without health. care when i step out of sunday but i would not last. night as well i might. use one of the 7 i. don't know how to talk. about as i don't like. it wildman. i still have family members who are undocumented so it's not something abstract for me it's very personal. become feel like you're always waiting for the other shoe to drop you never know when something that he tweaks is going to become policy that
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effects my family that affects my community. perkier meaning japan and fiji yeah plans coming that think those are the places of the world that i have trouble to but the pins are where my clients are come from. you know me some of the bus so it's a custom. i can do let's back it up but i. will say even in from the middle the cost so that up but they still come in the attic east. west a lot of that some may think will. it's leprous care less that i bought the farm in the sea and. was so looking. not impressed with the kimosabe of new york which i have a sister and then on
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a farm in the atmosphere that was what i want to comment that i had a lot of battle it was that some of us could chew it up on the same response. as by them and make us fed but it's done at the last as the years on the ones i went back and with us the same process a lot of work this new piece in the head i love i mean i lead a young and i spend. as drastic look at b. the lovely as if i eat a lot better as the some of us get the milk get them out me. the yorkie stones work of course i'm ok just go and balloonist. there's always that risk that he'll be stuck abroad and that's what keeps you up at night when these cases are going.
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to. be in the friend he just checked off that he passed the history test and congratulations you have to keep him is recommended for approval so save that date and you should know by maybe next week we'll call you when you get yelled at about actually going out and then for sure and then you know ask for the day after. oh take someone little week or. 2 years he said you're doing here l.p.r. kurt my parents immigrated in 1963 they're all citizens and i was the last one to hold out thank you so here again i'm going much thinking you're thinking.
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ringback i was sitting there with my client waiting for his tender little room in the little room where they bring you in when you have a schedule or a check in. the office or is taking a really long time so already i had that feeling in the pit of my stomach that you know things were not going to go well and the officer walks in with a paper bag and baggage claim tag. and so i had to and i knew
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he was like you know we're going to take your client into custody and my client just the look on his face and the color of his that his face just the color was gone he tried to give me his wife's cell phone number and it was absolutely wrong you know now i'm getting calls about a you know. the wife is struggling financially because he was the only means of support for the family so it's a it's a super tough situation. the wife to go with the girls. are you. hanging in there head. how old are your daughters at this well from 16 ok. how do you thought about what your next move is in terms of i think looking for whatever i can to find veronese you know work and. i haven't been able to find anything and i.
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you guys have been my clients for a long time you know i know your family i know your daughters i know your story and i know how far he's come from where he's been you know he was the one word he needed to do work and he was going in so much fighting and going to courts and everything and i don't understand it's like to give you hope in your kids are all happy ok we have this hope and then also i mean you just go in there and be taken away you know i can't imagine the grief and the sadness that you're going through and the only way that i have been able to understand it is that the current administration has shifted its focus where continuing his process towards a green card through the petition that you filed on his behalf so. we'll keep up the fight because i'm happy.
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ok glad it. is so. what are your thoughts in terms of helping this client. to basically not be in her car with her teenage daughters within the next week as seems to be the. the. the fear the fear yasser at least that the risk at this point is is is imminent. now why i want to hear it. if you work or where ok. you work on. that for him on 3 right you know once he does show up and they ask him hey have you ever you know
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a different type of case in court in the meantime like asylum. and as hard as i've tried to talk him out of that he wants voluntary departure i'll tell them that the family survey you guys did said inside the courtroom has long. i think you should he keep heading that way try to go to be 18 knock on the door so you guys could try to see your dad i know you want to give him maybe a suitcase before he leaves us where you would ask for information about if it's
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possible to do that and when. families do the suitcase you know they can write thank you so much thank you thank you. sometimes you think you can't get any worse and then guess what there's like some new interpretation there there's like some new policy and one of the things that we started scene was in increase in apprehensions i had one client for example who was a party to mexico and about 3 weeks ago his former partner called to let us know that unfortunately he had been murdered in mexico and that his body had been found burned in the desert we were like so close to having having him obtain some status in the u.s. . he has 2 children in the u.s.
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it's not going to take our foot so i got a rush let's get the stuff i don't look at me i don't think. big. then what's a look at this again that someone has gotten from me a conflict going to have a son and owen i was the gay kid for me most was just one piece. and think any one time be encased in a. lot of them which was. i love my job i love this profession i love the feeling with. my clients. now this is my gosh this is where all of my life spiration is going to. the moment i love college. but at some point you might say you know i've. got
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a good run. now it's time to stand about peace and. do something else. or so. ahmad uncertain. the last couple of years after see what happens with. the situation what. we're hearing are fellas must be so busy and so. well kranz but. for me i don't think their business is like exploding and think it's
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end. and. the story goes that the statue of an ancient greek god he beat the waves for millenia. until a palestinian fisherman on earth the priceless relic. the story continues that as the world's attention was drawn to. mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apolo of because. on. the climate has changed every year for millions of years decades of talk good
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