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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.”
-Leviticus 19.33-25Support the Project
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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DREAM Act Archive
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Occupy ICE debuts in Los Angeles. Immigrants Occupy in NY.
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe latest incarnation of Occupy Wall Street debuted in downtown Los Angeles as “Occupy ICE”. -
Is Mitt Romney the new Steve Poizner of the Republican Party?
Posted on October 2, 2011 | No CommentsIs Romney poisoning Republicans' chances of defeating President Barack Obama by angering the Latino vote? -
President Obama: “That’s Not How Democracy Works”
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsNothing new in President Obama's speech on immigration in El Paso, TX, May 10, 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. -
A Good Follow Up to SOTU Address Would Be Moratorium on Deportation of DREAM’ers
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF In a surprise mention during the State of the Union Address 2011, President Obama alluded to the DREAM Act and urged Congress to fix our immigration... -
Climate/Energy & Immigration Reform Top Two Priorities for President in 2011
Posted on December 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsDownload article as PDF That’s right: immigration reform IS a civil rights issue and will be so for 2011 and beyond; the people that have been here for years and... -
Stopping Senators from hiding behind the threat of a fillibuster
Posted on December 28, 2010 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF I caught Sam Seder filling in for Keith Olbermann this week and it was a real treat, one because I’ve been a fan of his work from his... -
President Obama Tries to Appease Latinos on DREAM Act
Posted on December 23, 2010 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “For eight long years, we have had a president who has made all kinds... -
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... -
Project Economic Refugee on Randi Rhodes Show
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF Nicole Sandler filled in for Randi Rhodes (fast-forward to minute 28; I was dropped in the beginning because of some phone trouble but joined back in...