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Entries by Jorge-Mario Cabrera from 02/2012

Credit for a Mini Fire Engine

| Posted 02.03.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Child Tax Credit, Republicans Immigration, Payroll Taxes, Income Taxes, Undocumented Immigrants, Payroll Tax Cut, Itin, Los Angeles News

Congress moving forward with a proposal to restrict the Child Tax Credit refund to taxpayers who have a SSN will have the most devastating impact on children.

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The Miramonte School Conspiracy of Silence

| Posted 02.15.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Secure Communities, Undocumented Immigrants, Child Abuse, Ice, Sheriff Lee Baca, Miramonte School Scandal, Child Sexual Abuse, Los Angeles News

It is an involuntary code of silence that threatens to hamper the investigation into the Miramonte scandal, based on the fear that the parents have expressed in going to the police because they fear immigration consequences.

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A Day Without Calumny

| Posted 02.17.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Whitney Houston Dead, Racism, Whitney Houston, Kfi, Xenophobia, Whitney Houston Death, John and Ken, California Dream Act, DREAM Act, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

I have been an active critic of the type of talk radio John and Ken Show on KFI AM640 represent: obtuse, callous, hate-filled propaganda against any and all groups not "American enough".

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Immigrants in the Time of Kobach

| Posted 02.23.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Elections 2012, Secure Communities, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Obama Immigration, Chris Kobach, Latino Voters, Deportation, Los Angeles News

For undocumented immigrants, there are no best of times. These are definitely the worst of times in a long time. But not all is doom and gloom in 2012.

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