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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
- UPROOTED: Refugees of the Global Economy
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Cesar Chavez Archive
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The New Cesar Chavez: The DREAM’ers
Posted on December 23, 2010 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF Not since Cesar Chavez has there been a symbol like him rising from the ground up that has become the national face of Latino empowerment in the United... -
Dare to DREAM
Posted on September 26, 2010 | 1 CommentAn evocative speech example piece that Project Economic Refugee's founder wrote for and was originally published on Cuéntame’s blog. It was a prominent rally cry to the Latino community to exercise its power to match and defeat the Tea Party vote in the national November 2010 midterm elections. It was also a pep talk urging everyong to not be afraid of getting excited about the DREAM Act. The issue is presented as core to U.S. values, by evoking one of the cornerstones of our political folklore: Ted Kennedy. Finally, it also makes the point that the DREAM Act is a continuation of the May Day marches, to drive the point home that every little bit that has been done on immigration reform HAS counted and will CONTINUE to count towards the ultimate goal of comprehensive immigration reform. -
Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 05/23/10
Posted on May 23, 2010 | No CommentsEconomic Refugee News Weekly Roundup is a weekly summary of those stories that caught the focus of immigrants' rights activists, promoting immigration reform, racial unity, compassion, American freedom, and justice for all. -
Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 05/16/10
Posted on May 16, 2010 | No CommentsEconomic Refugee News Weekly Roundup is a weekly summary of those stories that caught the focus of immigrants' rights activists, promoting immigration reform, racial unity, compassion, American freedom, and justice for all. -
RIP Senator Ted Kennedy
Posted on August 26, 2009 | 5 CommentsDownload article as PDF Today is a very sad day for Latinos and supporters of immigration reform. He was a champion for Latinos’ and other minorities’ rights. It’s almost beyond words...