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Immigrant rights are civil rights, meeting says
July 22, 2005OAKLAND, Calif. — Calling the movement for immigration reform a “new civil rights movement of the 21st century,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) electrified participants in a labor and community conference here July 16 as she...
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L.A. in turmoil over police shooting of toddler
July 22, 2005NewsAnalysis LOS ANGELES — The shooting death of 19-month-old Susie Marie Lopez by Los Angeles police officers July 10 in Watts could prove to be not only a legal and public relations problem for the Los...
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Immigration agents impersonate OSHA officers
July 22, 2005Commentary Forty-eight immigrant workers were doing their best to follow the law when they showed up at what they were told was a mandatory OSHA training at their job site in Goldsboro, N.C. The immigrants, from...
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Rove: out of White House, into jail?
July 22, 2005WASHINGTON — It is an open question whether Karl Rove, deputy White House chief of staff, will keep out of jail, given the flood of evidence that he broke the law in identifying covert CIA operative...
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Ormet steelworkers fight for jobs, health care
July 22, 2005WOODSFIELD, Ohio — For eight months now, 1,300 steelworkers and their families in this rural area along the Ohio River have been courageously holding the line. In November, a bankruptcy court gave the go-ahead to Ormet...
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