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Like Bruce Willis, Old Ideas About Immigration Die Hard (www.alternet.org) TMC

Without an ounce of originality, tired old anti-immigrant groups are once again joining forces to exploit California's bad economy and scapegoat the Golden State's immigrant population. Through a... More

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Food Inc. Shines a Light on the Immigrant Labor That Makes That 99c Patty Melt Possible [VIDEO] | RaceWire (www.racewire.org) TMC

I caught a screening of a new documentary called Food, Inc. last night and was impressed that the filmmakers went where so many refuse to go when it comes to criticizing the food industry. The movie... More

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Swift & Co Documentary (coloradoindependent.com) TMC

OUTTA THE POOL: The major Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Swift & Co. in Greeley four years ago now seems like a signal event marking a turn away from a severe and ineffective approach to... More

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Why Now for Immigration Reform? It's the Economy, Stupid! | Immigration | AlterNet (www.alternet.org) TMC

Our economic recovery is hampered by an immigration system that forces five percent of our workforce into the shadows.

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New DHS Rules Disappoint Immigrants’ Advocates (washingtonindependent.com) TMC

New Department of Homeland Security agreements governing state and local police departments’ enforcement of immigration laws are not relieving their critics’ concerns.

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An Indian-American progressive reflects: What the NAACP means to me (www.afro-netizen.com) TMC

As a brown-skinned immigrant who has spent 25 years working for racial justice, I owe a good deal of my life to the legacy of the NAACP. So I’ve watched and attended the organization’s centennial... More

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Obama Opens the Door for Abused Asylees, and Other News (www.racewire.org) TMC

Obama recently passed a policy that allows domestically abused women to gain US asylum if they can show that they are treated by their abuser as little more than property, domestic abuse is widely... More

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The Shipping Point (www.prospect.org) TMC

Wal-Mart and other discount retailers are exploiting workers in California warehouses. Can an organizing campaign make a difference?

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Cuba, U.S. to Resume Immigration Talks at UN | AlterNet (www.alternet.org) TMC

Talks between Cuba and the United States on the thorny issue of immigration, suspended since 2003, will resume on Tuesday at United Nations headquarters in New York, the U.S. State Department said.

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