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Saturday, March 10, 2018
Syed Ahmed Jamal was viewed as a model neighbor in his Kansas community. A professor with multiple degrees who teaches at local universities, Jamal was also an involved PTA parent who ran for the local school board, his brother says. What most people didn’t know is that Jamal is undocumented, having overstayed an expired work visa. Everyone found out the truth when the father of three was arrested by immigration agents.
ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
On March 9, 1841, the US Supreme Court rules that captive Africans who seized control of the ship carrying them — The Amistad — were illegally taken into slavery. The Africans had been kidnapped in West Africa and were bound for Cuba when they took control of the vessel. The Supreme Court rules 7-1 in the Africans’ favor, finding they’d been illegally taken from Africa and should return home. (Image: Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinque), leader of the La Amistaduprising. New Haven Museum)
On unscheduled vacations. That’s where China is sending critics of a plan to scrap presidential term limits. Beijing’s communist party rulers are expected approve a constitutional amendment allowing the country’s powerful leader Xi Jinping to serve as president for life if he chooses. Critics argue that the constitutional amendments are a step backwards. One dissident who wishes to remain anonymous confirms to VOA that he was forced to leave Beijing and can’t return until the vote is over.
VIDEO: Life in this city in the foothills of the Himalayas revolves around the river that runs through it. The Neelam River provides Muzaffarabad in Pakistani Kashmir with drinking water and is the primary source of entertainment and tourism. But change is coming. A new hydro power project will soon divert the water into tunnels to generate electricity. VOA meets local residents who worry the impact could be devastating to their way of life.
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