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Kentucky, who would go on to adventure all throughout the world, run for Sheriff in a Pitkin county, in the state of Colorado.

) drug trafficking operations. These articles were first written for the San Jose Mercury News before later being published into a book. Webb discovered a drug operation between a California drug ring, the C.I.A., and the Nicaraguan Contras. Evidence showed that the C.I.A. had direct contact with smugglers, knowing that the profits being made from the drugs were used to purchase equipment for the Nicaraguan Contras. The San Francisco Bay Area drug ring had tons of cocaine, which they turned into

RESISTANCE TO THE BROKEN PROMISES OF THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO Katie Menante Anderson INTRODUCTION Human beings, no matter what race or ethnicity or place or time, will not tolerate injustice forever. Webster’s defines injustice as a “violation of the right or of the rights of another” (Merriam-Webster, 1990). The history of the United States is filled with such violations. From the early challenges to religious freedom in Massachusetts to the broken treaties and systematic removal

Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. Santa Maria's population in the 2010 census of 99,553, confirmed what had been known, that it had surpassed that of Santa Barbara (the county seat), making it the largest city in the county. The estimated population of the area is about 161,227, which includes the Santa Maria Valley, the city of Guadalupe and the unincorporated township of Orcutt as well as adjacent Nipomo. The city is notable for its wine industry

History and Purpose San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. In 2006, the city's population was estimated to be 1,256,951. It is the second largest city in California and the eighth largest city in the United States, by population. It is the county seat of San Diego County and is the economic center of the San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos metropolitan area, the 17th-largest in the United States with a population of 2.9 million

most beautiful states with its timeless traditions and mesmerizing scenery. Just like any other state, New Mexico has an amazing and interesting history. The first Spanish settlement was founded in 1598 along the Rio Grande by the Spanish explorer Juan de Onate. Just twelve years later, in 1610 Santa Fe was made the capital of the territory that later became New Mexico and Arizona. In 1848 the U.S. had acquired most of the territory as the result of the Mexican War. The remainder was acquired in

Approximately 39 cities and 364 counties have some form of sanctuary policy. Sanctuary Cities are towns, cities, or counties that protect undocumented immigrants through implementing sanctuary policies. Sanctuary policies are ordinances that prohibit local officials from reporting an individual's immigration status. Since the U.S. economy and National security are essential to the indemnity of the United States of America, sanctuary cities must be prohibited. Least of all, Sanctuary cities defy federal

San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent “sanctuary cities” in the United States, its city code reads, in part, ” No department, agency, commission, officer or employee of the City and County of San Francisco shall use any City funds or resources to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law or to gather or disseminate information regarding the immigration status of individuals in the City and County of San Francisco unless such assistance

resisting the federal law and ICE. Not only are these cities resisting federal law, they are also endangering their own citizens who live there as well. On July 1, 2015 in San Francisco, CA, a well known sanctuary city, Kathryn Steinle (32), was shot and killed while walking with her father by an undocumented illegal alien Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. Before his arrest after killing Steinle, “Lopez-Sanchez had been convicted of seven felonies and been deported five times” (‘Sanctuary Cities: How

sentries stationed in a suburb of Santa Mesa in February 1899. Pimentel (1999) describes “on a hot, humid night of Feb 4, 1899, American sentries patrolling the Manila suburb of Santa Mesa opened fire on Filipino soldiers walking near a bridge over the San Juan River (Pimentel 1999. Pg. 1).”The war lasted from February 1899 until July 1902. The war was noted as one of the “bloodiest conflicts in U.S. history” noted to have claimed over 250,000 lives (Pimentel 1999). The war lasted longer than the Americans