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Mexican leftist remains defiant after court ruling
September 8, 2006Despite evidence of electoral fraud, Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal declared Felipe Calderon, candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), president of Mexico on Sept. 5. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the left-wing Coalition for...
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Key Senate races could turn on immigrant rights
September 8, 2006NewsAnalysis With precious little else to run on, the GOP has decided to base its midterm election campaign largely on the bogey of “illegal immigration” as a domestic equivalent to Bush’s pro-war and fear propaganda. But...
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Network combats police harassment
September 8, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Immigrant rights organizations are forming a new network to demand an end to police actions they say violate the city’s values of dignity, respect and equality for immigrants. Representatives gathered on the steps...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
September 8, 2006This week’s clips are a brief roundup of a few of the hundreds of Labor Day parades, marches and picnics around the country.DALLAS: Labor breakfast, immigrant rights marchLabor Day in Dallas began with the annual AFL-CIO...
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At the border, hearing presents alternative view
September 8, 2006TUCSON, Ariz. — In a campaign to counter anti-immigrant Republican congressional hearings, the Coalición de Derechos Humanos, with the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and sister organizations across the country, kicked off the first...
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