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Immigration Demands Heat Up Before Obama Takes Over
(news.newamericamedia.org)
Weeks before President-elect Barack Obama officially takes office in Washington, calls for a comprehensive immigration reform package are getting louder.
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Catholic Church Launches New Campaign for Immigrants
(news.newamericamedia.org)
With masses, prayers, lectures and discussions in churches across the country, the U.S. Catholic Church on Sunday launched a new campaign in support of immigration reform that includes a path to... More
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Latinas and self-induced abortions
(www.feministing.com)
The pills were misoprostol, a prescription drug that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for reducing gastric ulcers and that researchers say is commonly, though illegally, used within the... More
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In Weak U.S. Economy, Mexican-American Dual Citizenship Increases
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The number of parents applying for Mexican citizenship for their U.S.-born children at consulates in southern California has nearly doubled, and the reason could be the economic crisis facing this... More
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Sophya Chum, Immigrant Rights Activist
(www.thenation.com)
Sophya Chum is only 24, but already she jokes about going through a mid-twenties crisis. With the recent national debate over immigration picking up fervor, her fatigue is understandable.
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Report from the Border: Year of Infamy
(news.newamericamedia.org)
Many people in the borderlands will say good riddance to 2008. On both sides of the border, war, recession and repression were words that will almost certainly stand out in the writings of future... More
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Polish Community Shocked by Treatment of Polish Citizens at U.S. Border
(news.newamericamedia.org)
This year ends with an unpleasant intervention by Poland’s diplomatic staff at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. At issue are recent cases of Poles who were denied entry... More
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A Latina in the Supreme Court?
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Latino groups hope that President-elect Barack Obama will appoint the first Latino Supreme Court justice to the bench, reports La Opinión. Of the 110 judges that have served in the nation’s highest... More
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U.S.-Mexico border arrests sharply down in 2008
(www.hcn.org)
Mexico-U.S. border arrests have fluctuated widely in the past 30-plus years, from 675,000 in 1976 to 1.7 million in the mid-1980s, down to a million in the late-’80s, back up to 1.6 million in 2000.... More
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No Choice for Immigrants
(www.inthesetimes.com)
In January 2008, a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl in the care of Commonwealth Catholic Charities of Richmond, Va., told staff members she was pregnant and wanted an abortion.
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