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An advertisement for "Los Otros Mexicanos" featuring Betto Arcos is plastered on a bus.

A Mexican series finds overlooked stories of immigrants in America — including one from The World

March 4, 2015Media

Radio producer Betto Arcos isn’t used to being on the other side of the microphone. But when a Mexican filmmaker chose Arcos to be a subject in a documentary on successful Mexicans in the United States, how could he refuse?

Servicemen from the US military take an oath during a naturalization ceremony at the Al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory on July 4, 2011.

Some American veterans get kicked out of the country they served

November 11, 2014Justice

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