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Favorite quote from the Bible:
“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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Stephen Colbert Archive
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![Download 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...](http://www.economicrefugee.net/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Incendiary Political Rhetoric: Free Speech Empowers; But With Power Comes Great Responsibility")
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... -
Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert react to AZ shooting
Posted on January 11, 2011 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF Understandably, they want to take the higher ground and make sure they don’t conflate the national dialogue even more with their own gut reactions, lest we take... -
Stunning: Lou Dobbs Supports Higher Wages for Undocumented Farm Workers?
Posted on October 4, 2010 | No CommentsVideo of Lou Dobbs on MSNBC's new show "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell and how it relates to AgJobs, Stephen Colbert, Meg Whitman, and The Nation report on Lou Dobbs hiring undocumented workers. -
Video of Colbert Testifying Before Congress on AgJOBS
Posted on September 25, 2010 | 1 CommentVideo of Stephen Colbert and history of how he came about getting involved with the AgJOBS bill for immigrant farm workers. Also features definition of what "AgJOBS" actually is. -
Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 07/10/10
Posted on July 10, 2010 | No CommentsIn light of President Obama's recent speech on immigration reform and the federal government's legal challenge to Arizona's authoritarian police law (aka SB 1070), mass grassroots mobilizations in support of the DREAM Act are taking place all over the country. This and more on this blog post of the weekly roundup of news on immigration.