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DREAM Act renews hope for immigrant students
February 3, 2006By the end of this school year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented youth will graduate from our nation’s high schools. Children are brought to the U.S. by impoverished hard-working parents seeking a better life for their families...
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Demand grows: Mine safety must be first priority
February 3, 2006Two more mine workers were killed in separate accidents in West Virginia Feb. 1, prompting Gov. Joe Manchin to call on all coal companies to cease production until safety checks can be conducted. “We’re going to...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
February 3, 2006SAN FRANCISCO: City slams anti-immigrant HR 4437 In what may be the first such action by a U.S. city, the Board of Supervisors Jan. 24 passed a powerful resolution condemning anti-immigrant HR 4437, now on its...
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Bush guest worker plan criticized
February 3, 2006“I do not believe any guest worker program ought to contain amnesty,” President Bush emphasized at a press conference at Kansas State University Jan. 23. Bush made it clear in extended remarks that harsher enforcement policies...
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Black Caucus: Together we can take America back
February 3, 2006Working together, ordinary Americans can take back the country’s economic, political and human rights agenda, members of Congress told activists and community leaders at a Jan. 28 community forum sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Political,...
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