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Kennedy, Menendez And Gillibrand Introduce Bills To Stop Immigrant Detainee Abuse

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Immigrant Rights, Edward Kennedy, Abuse, Human Rights, Prison, Homeland Security, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Immigration, Prison Abuse, Robert Menendez, Kirsten Gillibrand, Immigration Detention Centers, Politics News

Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Thursday responded to a growing number of reports about t...

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Illegal People: An Island of Rationality

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Trade, Migration, Mexico Immigration, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Human Rights, David Bacon, Nafta, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Globalization, Guest Workers, Labor Unions, Politics News
Hector E. Sanchez

The hostility of globalization forces corporate management to compete for the cheapest possible products at the expense of exploited workers.

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Swine Flu Fears Could Cut Into May Day Immigration Rallies

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Swine Flu, Immigration, Immigration Rallies, May Day, May Day Immigration Rally, Swine Flu May Day, Swine Flu Chicago, May Day Chicago, Illegal Immigration, Immigrant Rights, H1n1, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The timing is not the best. Immigration-rights rallies are set for Friday as health officials try to clamp down on a swine flu epidemi...

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Protesters Take On America's Toughest Sheriff (VIDEO)

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sheriff Arpaio, Toughest Sheriff in America, Immigrant Rights, Maricopa County, Amie Williams, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Sheriff Joe, Video, Politics News

On Saturday, thousands of protesters walked the streets of Phoenix to air their displeasure with America's toughest sheriff, whose crackdown on the ci...

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A Secretary of Labor for Workers

James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Minimum Wage, Workers, Hilda Solis, Senator Ted Kennedy, Obama's Cabinet, Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor, Obama, Teamsters, California, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

In 2005, California Congresswoman Hilda Solis contributed $15,000 of her own campaign money to fund a successful movement to raise the minimum wage in California.

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