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“When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
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Literature/research using "economic refugee" term
- American University International Law Review: unprotected in the U.S. by virtue of an inaccurate label
- Change.org: When an Undocumented Immigrant Is an Economic Refugee
- Huffington Post: Surge in Economic Refugees Will Test Community Resources
- MinnPost.com: Americans living abroad for financial survival
- New York Times: American Evangelical Churches Announce New Policy of Sanctuary for Iraqi Refugees
- PDA: Economic Refugees and Big Petroleum
- The Guardian: Casualties of globalism
- Tikkun Daily: Reagan’s Refugees
- Univision News Tumblr: Call Marco Rubio what you will, just don’t call him an “economic refugee”
- UPROOTED: Refugees of the Global Economy
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In Your State Archive
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LGBTQ Film: A documentary on gay Latino youth
Posted on April 4, 2011 | No CommentsSupport the very first feature length documentary on gay Latino culture in Los Angeles. -
50 Thousand People Ask Kansas State Rep. Peck to Resign Over Hateful Remarks on Immigrants
Posted on March 24, 2011 | 4 CommentsDownload article as PDF A Growing Wave to Reject Offensive Language Spreads Locally and Across the Nation to Hold Politicians Accountable For Immediate Release Thursday March 24, 2011 Contact: Natali... -
Can you help me win this scholarship?
Posted on March 19, 2011 | 6 CommentsRequesting your vote to win a Democracy for America scholarship to attend Netroots Nation 2011. -
Legislative Session: Early Hurricane Season
Posted on March 16, 2011 | No CommentsThe Florida legislative session has just begun, and already twelve anti-immigrant bills have been filed, including copycat legislation based on Arizona's controversial racial profiling bill, SB 1070. Thus far all of them have been filed by the the Republican leadership in the State Legislature but we are still hesitant on how Democrats might vote when it comes to the floor. If any of these bills were to pass, we'd experience a man-made, hurricane of hate and racism -- and that's only the front side of the hurricane. -
Todos Somos Wisconsin: Mexican Labor Reform
Posted on February 26, 2011 | No CommentsExplanation of why the labor fight in Wisconsin is a sympton of an international strategy to eradicate unions and the effects that it will have on transnational immigration. -
From Wisconsin to Arizona: an Assault on American Freedom
Posted on February 24, 2011 | No CommentsConnecting the dots of what Arizona, Wisconsin, immigrants, and the Middle East protests have in common against corporate greed. -
Young Online Organizers Are Accelerating Freedom & Justice So Why Suppress It?
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No CommentsConversation on how the role of online community organizers in Egypt is similar to what is going on here in the United States with Latino promigrant bloggers pushing stories that advocate for justice and social equality. -
Stop the Hate Rhetoric; Stop the Violence
Posted on January 21, 2011 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF Freedom of speech empowers us all. But let us not forget that with power, comes great responsibility and we can use that power of speech to... -
Incendiary Political Rhetoric: Free Speech Empowers; But With Power Comes Great Responsibility
Posted on January 18, 2011 | 1 CommentDownload article as PDF As you may have heard by now, the right-wing radio and Fox [Republican] News hosts have been pushing back against the rising criticism of the violence in our political rhetoric... -
Arizona Shooter Followed Anti-Immigrant Group
Posted on January 10, 2011 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF According to an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security that Fox News obtained on the possible motives of Jared Loughner’s shooting rampage: [...] strong suspicion...