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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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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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Gary meeting discusses economic agenda for Blacks
March 24, 2006GARY, Ind. — An array of African American business, political, civic, labor and economic leaders met at Westside High School here March 9-12 for the National Black People’s Unity Convention to discuss a long-term economic empowerment...
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New Orleans spurns voting rights, NAACP charges
March 24, 2006The New Orleans primary election set for April 22 violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act, NAACP President and CEO Bruce Gordon has charged. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has assailed the Justice...
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Senators pass Bush steal from poor budget
March 24, 2006WASHINGTON — The Senate rushed through a measure March 16 to increase the nation’s debt ceiling to just under $9 trillion, approved a $2.8 trillion 2007 fiscal year budget resolution and went home to try to...
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