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Jose Antonio Vargas, immigrant rights leader, arrested by border patrol
July 15, 2014United We Dream Minority Affairs Council said Vargas was in Texas this past weekend in solidarity with unaccompanied children who cross the Texas border fleeing for their lives.
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Victory for Al-Arian but justice still denied
July 11, 2014All criminal charges were dropped against Palestinian leader, Dr. Sami Al-Arian on June 27, a ruling greeted by those who have fought for nearly two decades to free him.
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NEA’s Eskelsen-García promises tougher line on public school critics
July 10, 2014"No commercial, mass-produced, industrial-strength standardized factory test should ever be used as the determining factor for any student or adult."
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Labor movement demands immediate relief for 11 million immigrants
July 10, 2014The AFL-CIO has demanded that President Obama take administrative action to remove the threat of deportation hanging over some 11 million immigrants.
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Dallas opts to take immigrant children
July 9, 2014Up to 2,000 immigrant children will be cared for in Dallas under a plan announced by County Judge Clay Jenkins at the Texas Democratic Party Convention June 28.
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