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Tag Archives: Congress

19 Nov

Coming Out In Don’t Ask Don’t Tell & The DREAM Act

Turning the debate on its head: why is there is xenophobia and sometimes racism among gay whites? Why are the crowds segregated in the gay community: for example in Los Angeles you have the "West Hollywood white gay crowd"...
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National News Adelante magazine, chicano art, Congress, Don't Ask Don't Tell, DREAM Act, Empathy, gay, Hector Silva, homeboys, Latinas, Latinos, LGBTQ, vote, xQSi Magazine
12 Nov

Lame Duck Congress: DREAM’ers on MSNBC!

Following in the footsteps of Keith Olbermann being on the breaking news of the DREAM Act, The Last Word show’s website is featuring a segment on DREAM’ers as a preview for a special that will be co-sponsored by Voto Latino and MSNBC that...
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National News Congress, DREAM Act, Harry Reid, lameduck session, Lawrence O'Donnell, The Last Word, vote
1 Oct

Latinos: “Stop Attacks On Protecting Our Children’s Health”

Press release and drafted letter of leading national Latino organizations calling on Congress today to oppose legislation that would block the U.S. EPA from enforcing the Clean Air Act....
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National News Clean Air Act, Congress, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, jobs, National Latino Coalition on Climate Change, national Latino organizations, NRDC, President Obama, Voces Verdes
23 Sep

DREAM Act as stand alone bill?

  Here’s a note I got from a fellow immigration reform activist this morning: The DREAM Act is not yet dead, but passing it is going to take real commitment on the part of each and every one of us who...
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National News Congress, DREAM Act, Senate vote, stand alone bill

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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