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March 31, 2006DETROIT: 50,000 say, ‘We are not criminals’ Over 50,000 Mexican, Guatemalan, Honduran and El Salvadoran and other immigrant families, carrying their homeland flags, jammed in front of the Federal Building, March 27, chanting, “We are not...
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Church leader: Let us be arrested!
March 31, 2006DALLAS — 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
March 31, 2006LOS 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
March 31, 2006CHICAGO — 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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Senate panel yields to marching millions but more battles lie ahead
March 31, 2006WASHINGTON — 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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