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Nigel Duara & Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Una mañana de viernes de junio, una serie de llamadas frenéticas sacaron a Carlos de un profundo sueño. Cuando llegó a una fábrica de ropa del centro de Los Ángeles, poco después de las 10 de la mañana, su hermano estaba encadenado. Agentes de una...
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Nigel Duara & Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Carlos was pulled out of a deep sleep by a series of frantic phone calls one Friday morning in June. By the time he arrived at a downtown Los Angeles garment factory sometime after 10 a.m., his brother was in chains. Agents from a constellation...
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American Community Media & They See Blue El 11 de junio, el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos emitió un memorando que causó conmoción en las comunidades de inmigrantes de todo el país. Declaraba discretamente que la desnaturalización -la revocación de la ciudadanía estadounidense a los ciudadanos naturalizados- era...
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American Community Media & They See Blue On June 11, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo that sent ripples through immigrant communities across America. It quietly declared denaturalization — the revocation of U.S. citizenship from naturalized citizens — a “top-five priority.” While the memo frames the policy as...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Los líderes de varias organizaciones de derechos civiles se reunieron en Washington DC el 31 de marzo para manifestar su oposición a la Ley de Protección de la Elegibilidad del Votante Estadounidense (SAVE), que privaría del derecho al voto a millones de votantes elegibles....
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Leaders of several civil rights organizations gathered in Washington DC March 31 to state their opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. The SAVE Act — HR 22 — introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is currently...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Good-government groups are speaking out on this ninth anniversary of the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2010, the court upheld the idea that corporations have the same rights as individuals, and that money they spend on political campaigns is...
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Would Give Immigrant Students a Path to Citizenship WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the Dream Act, which would allow immigrant students who grew up in the United States to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually American citizenship. These young people, known as Dreamers,...