Hundreds of migrant rights supporters marched on the Seattle waterfront for the second week in a row on Feb. 8. Demonstrators holding flags from several Latin American countries and other activists protested ICE roundups, mass jailings, violations of civil rights and deportations. The high energy march was accompanied by . . .
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Chardon, Ohio Over 100 activists from all around Northeast Ohio turned out for a protest outside an immigrant detention center on Feb. 8. Migrant rights supporters from as far away as the west side of Cleveland and from Akron drove an hour or more to say, “No hate, no fear! . . .
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Bénin, a country in West Africa with 14 million people between Nigeria and Togo, stretches from the Gulf of Guinea 450 miles north to the Niger River. Its present government is closely allied to its former colonial overlord France; its main port, Cotonou, handles ample cargo coming from or going . . .
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