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Alonzo Weston covers education and mental health and is also an award-winning columnist for the St. Joseph News-Press. .
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Deportations could trade one problem for others

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By Alonzo Weston Verified
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The shingle on our nation’s door partly reads “Give me your tired, your poor ...” Today, flip the sign over and it reads “Sorry, we’re closed.” Where once we ostensibly welcomed immigrants to our shores, we now work hard to close our borders. President-elect Donald Trump has said one of his first missions in office is to deport the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants in our country.
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Post-Thanksgiving brings chance to recognize Native Americans

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By Alonzo Weston Verified
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Most of you know this post-holiday weekend for all the Christmas shopping bargains to be had. It’s ironic to me because all the consumerism comes just after we give thanks for all we have. Yes, Thanksgiving is mostly celebrated with gluttony and football instead of truly giving thanks, but we’re grateful to be able to enjoy those things as such. We have images in our minds of the supposedly first Thanksgiving with Native Americans and Pilgrims breaking bread on that day.
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It's time to look to the unity of the past

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By Alonzo Weston Verified
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When Nov. 22 rolls around on the calendar I can’t say it affects me the same way it does when Sept. 11 comes up. It is in no way a matter of importance but rather due to how I experienced both events. When John Kennedy, our 35th president, was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, I was a third-grader at Horace Mann Elementary School. When terrorists struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, I was an adult working as a reporter for the St. Joseph News-Press.
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