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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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Los Angeles Times Archive
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Steve Poisoner
Posted on April 4, 2010 | 2 CommentsDownload article as PDF ..ehr, I mean “Poizner”; but his name might as well be “poisoner”, though. He’s been attacking economic refugees by calling them “illegal aliens” and going all... -
Happy Mexican St. Patrick’s Day!
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsThe Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio) was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants (accounts vary) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. Most of the battalion's members had deserted or defected from the U.S. Army. Made up primarily of ethnic Irish and German Catholic immigrants, the battalion also included Canadians, English, French, Italians, Poles, Scots, Spaniards, Swiss, and native Mexicans, most of whom were also Roman Catholics. -
Inexcusable West L.A. Delays to Light Rail
Posted on March 6, 2010 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF It never ceases to amaze me how the wealthy West Side interests in Los Angeles have been able to hinder if not right out block the completion... -
A Day Without A Bag
Posted on December 16, 2009 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF This will be the 3rd annual event that the Heal the Bay staff will have pulled off in L.A. County. I remember my first “A Day Without... -
Latinos on water
Posted on October 11, 2009 | 3 CommentsDownload article as PDF I was recently asked to do a guest post for Heal the Bay‘s President Mark Gold’s blog. It was titled “Ground Control to Guy”, because it... -
Parks & trees reduce crime
Posted on June 3, 2009 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF As an environmentalist working in South Central L.A., I have often encountered the same misconceptions about trees, animals, and well, just nature in general over and over again. “I...