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February 15th, 2019

Local

Palestinian student caught in immigration sting deported; India urges release of students

DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A Palestinian woman detained after an immigration sting involving a fake college has been granted her release and has returned to her home country of Palestine, sources told The Arab American News. A day before Najilaa Karim...

February 15th, 2019

U.S. Politics

Trump declares national emergency to build border wall and Michigan Democrats criticize decision

The Arab American News By Farah Harb LANSING - Prominent Michigan Democrats are responding to President Trump’s national emergency declaration to pay for a wall at the southern border. Despite Congress...

February 15th, 2019

Local

Michigan’s stricter new “move over” law for drivers went into effect this week

LANSING — Michigan's new Move Over Law went into affect Wednesday, the state announced, after it was signed by then-governor Rick Snyder in November. The law requires drivers to slow down by at least 10 miles per hour below the posted speed...

February 15th, 2019

U.S.A

American politics’ great divide

One of the more striking political developments of the last few years has been the partisan sorting of American voters. It used to be that both the Republican and Democratic parties covered some ideological ground. Now, it’s so habitual for...

February 15th, 2019

Local

Fordson students start driving task force to educate distracted teen drivers

DEARBORN — Starting out as a campus organization at Fordson High School, the Safer Driving Task Force focuses primarily on programs to promote safer teen driving. This is a teen driving initiative aimed at reducing serious traffic crashes,...

February 15th, 2019

U.S.A

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar fires back at Trump as AIPAC controversy continues

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following in the footsteps of her colleague, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MINN) sparked controversy this week with stark comments about the country's most prominent pro-Israel lobbying group, the...

February 15th, 2019

World

Starving girl shows impact of Yemen war, economic collapse

HAJJAH, Yemen — Displaced by war, starving and living under a tree, 12-year-old Fatima Qoba weighed just 10kg when she was carried into a Yemeni malnutrition clinic. “All the fat reserves in her body have been used up, she is left only with...

February 15th, 2019

U.S.A

Alabama executes Muslim inmate, denies his request for an imam’s presence

MONTGOMERY, Ala — On February 7, a Muslim man was executed in Alabama as originally scheduled, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted five-to-four to allow the execution and denied his request for an imam's presence in the execution...

February 15th, 2019

In Our Opinion

Omar was right about AIPAC, her apology is a mistake

This weekend, just hours after U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) posted a tweet implying that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) pays off American politicians to defend Israel, she had already apologized, in response to a swift...