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Executive order leads to immigration debate By Debby Hernandez Administration Editor | @ DEN_News President Barack Obama announced executive actions to be taken on the issue of immigration on Nov. 20, which include prioritizing deportation of felons not families, providing qualified illegal immigrants with a legal path to citizenship, strengthening the border and holding employers accountable for hiring illegal workers. There are currently more than 11 million people living in the “shadows,” according to the White House website on issues. Under Obama’s executive order, illegal immigrants will be required to pass a background check, continue to pay taxes and learn English, as a legal path to earn citizenship. Those who have been in this country for five years or more, have children that are American citizens or legal residents, could also qualify to remain in the country for three years without fear of deportation, Obama said in his immigration speech. One of the actions also consists of furthering border security by increasing investigative resources such as federal agents, and working with Canada and Mexico, according to the White House’s immigration blueprint document. A procedure will be given to hire foreign workers when U.S workers are not available, to give them a reliable way to verify if their employees are here legally.
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Woman arrested for stabbing By Stephanie Markham News Editor | @stephm202 A woman was arrested in connection with a stabbing reported Thursday morning in the 900th block of Edgar Drive that resulted in the victim being hospitalized. Jennifer Day, 27, who has no known address, was found in a parking lot and transported to Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital for minor wounds before being arrested. The victim was located in a nearby apartment with stab wounds to his abdomen and neck/ head; he was then a transported to Carle Foundation Hospital for treatment. Day was placed in the Coles County Safety and Detention Center pending a court appearance. Stephanie Markham can be reached at 581-2812 or samarkham@eiu.edu.
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Students gather Monday outside Old Main in protest of the Michael Brown case verdict. People nationwide were encouraged to walk out of work and class and join protests nearby at exactly 12:01 p.m. CST.
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Akeem Forbes, a sophomore English major, leads a group of protestors in prayer after a protest outside Old Main Monday. Forbes said the Michael Brown verdict affects the racial climate in Charleston.
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Brian Hannah, a senior communications studies major, talks about unification within the black community Monday during The Movement Beyond Ferguson: Being Black in America in Coleman Auditorium.
Ferguson sparks student movement By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge When Travon Moore, a senior accounting major, first entered into Ferguson, Mo., Saturday evening he said he didn’t know what to expect. “I saw military tucks hidden behind big businesses, then I started seeing the burning buildings, it’s different from seeing it on the media and actually being there,” Moore said. Moore was one of the audience members at the Black Student Union’s “The Movement” forum Monday evening. The forum came in light of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown in August. Those at “ The Movement” discussed what it’s like to be a black face within in a white place and how the African-American community can uplift together. More than 100 showed up for the fo-
rum, all representing different ethnicities, the organization was there for the media’s genders and age groups. Moore said while attention and they could have did more for he was in Ferguson, he saw the memorial the Ferguson community, Moore said. of where Brown’s body laid for four hours “You can’t think of it negatively, you on Canfield Drive, which was surrounded have to think of it positively. NAACP is by bikers, but at the memorial there was a here to help; once again, (blacks) are dispeaker. vided from the unity,” Moore said. Aside Black from anpeople “When I walked up, it was like a funeral. It was all having g e r, t h e atmoa lack just one feeling — sadness.” sphere of uniTravon Moore, senior accounting major had peoty was ple on an issue edge, shocked and also hurt because of the many spoke on; there plenty of students decisions. within the audience said black people are “When I walked up, it was like a funer- sometimes their own worst enemy. al; it was all just one feeling — sadness,” “We need to wake up and get it togethMoore said. “You see reporters everywhere, er,” one student said. you see people with cameras, news, CNN Bria Caldwell, the vice president for the and then after they left NAACP came.” Eastern chapter of the NAACP, said black When the National Association for the people are often a more reactive than proAdvancement of Colored People arrived on active group of people. the scene of the protest, some community FERGUSON, page 5 members were outraged because they felt