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At least, 12 million of them are scattered across America. And they’re branded as “economic refugees.” Farm workers in California. Photo: npr.org Without proper immigration papers with them, they’re at the mercy of being deported should they commit traffic violations at any point in time. It's either they have crossed the border illegally through the help of human smugglers called "Coyotes", or they simply landed at the ports as tourists with proper documents  stamped by immigration authorities but overstayed their visas, and went underground without any trace at all. Depending on circumstances, most of those border-crossers from South America are reportedly victims of violence in their home countries who are left without any other option at all than to escape. Oblivious of the risks along the way, these people have properly blended themselves with other people. But finding no other recourse to  survive in a foreign shore, they were put in an uncanny ...

China's President Xi Jinping's recent scheduled visit to the United States on Sept. 22-24 last year U.S. President Obama and President Xi. Photo: USChinaStrong.org was  a matter of diplomatic mission, perhaps, to further strengthen the ties that bind between the two countries. But to other political experts, Xi's  visit to the White House was properly choreographed to let the world know that China is a friendly nation that is always ready to shake hands with other leaders even in the midst of a controversy that involves national security. As reported by Bloomberg Businessweek (Sept. 21-27 issue), the Chinese leader's visit had two goals: "to reassure executives that China is still a good place to do business, and to secure for China the respect due a state of equal in stature to the United States." Maybe true, maybe not. That is probably what other pundits are talking about, knowing how China's aggressive stance on the issue of human ri...