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Numerous reports indicate that George W. Bush received at least one memo stating that al-Qaeda was plotting an attack on American soil prior to the attacks. Paul went a step further, though. He said, “I believe that if we ever get the full truth, we’ll find out that our government had it in the records exactly what the plans were, or at least close to it,” during a Money and Markets podcast, in which he and host Charles Goyette discussed the remaining classified pages of the House and Senate’s investigation into 9/11— pages that Paul believes hold no threat to national security.
Nine months later, the life Brígido and Maria had tried to build in the States after he had crossed the border sin papel—without documents—has crumbled. Even though Maria still has a full-time job, the small insurance business she and he started has collapsed, Maria and her two American citizen children have lost their three-bedroom apartment and the expenses of supporting Acosta, traveling to Mexico and paying for lawyers have turned their efforts to build a middle-class life in the United States to ashes. The psychological damage has been rough, too.
The family of four isn't alone in this plight. Freedom of Information requests have revealed that some 23 percent of the people deported between July 1, 2010, and September 31, 2012, have U.S. citizen children. Altogether, one or both parents of about 4.5 million such children are vulnerable to deportation.
Cookie Harris, 57, was a strong presence at the statehouse in Annapolis, where her husband served as a state lawmaker for more than a decade. She was particularly committed to anti-abortion policies and the Maryland Right to Life, according to several reports. [...] “We extend our deepest condolences to Congressman Andy Harris on the tragic loss of his wife, Sylvia ‘Cookie’ Harris,” Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Harris family.”
“We extend our deepest condolences to Congressman Andy Harris on the tragic loss of his wife, Sylvia ‘Cookie’ Harris,” Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Harris family.”