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  • Church leader: Let us be arrested!

    Church leader: Let us be arrested!

    March 31, 2006

    DALLAS — Church leaders in North Texas participated in a press conference on March 23 at the Guadalupe Cathedral here. They spoke in favor of reasonable immigration reform legislation, and strongly against the “enforcement-only” proposal of...

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  • Over 500,000 rally in L.A. for immigrant rights

    Over 500,000 rally in L.A. for immigrant rights

    March 31, 2006

    LOS ANGELES — The over half million immigrant rights supporters who rallied in Los Angeles March 25 sent their fellow Americans and their government a clear message: We are Americans, we are workers who build up...

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  • Forum reports Venezuelas advances

    Forum reports Venezuelas advances

    March 31, 2006

    CHICAGO — The dynamic, grassroots character of Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution under President Hugo Chávez was vividly depicted at a forum here March 16 through words, music, slides and photos. The program featured eyewitness reports by Shelby...

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  • Peace, peace, peace! Children greet antiwar pilgrimage

    Peace, peace, peace! Children greet antiwar pilgrimage

    March 31, 2006

    OAKLAND, Calif. — All morning, it was the same. At each schoolyard stop through Oakland’s Fruitvale district, groups of children and teachers gathered outside their classrooms, waiting eagerly to greet the marchers who had walked so...

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  • Senate panel yields to marching millions but more battles lie ahead

    Senate panel yields to marching millions but more battles lie ahead

    March 31, 2006 By Rosalío Muñoz

    WASHINGTON — The surging movement for immigrant rights hit Congress like a political tsunami last week, splitting Republicans and pressuring Senate Democrats to fight back against harsh anti-immigrant measures in a hotly contested election year

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