Tag: immigrant rights
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Challenging Dragnet Immigration Raids: Loya v. INS
Read more: Challenging Dragnet Immigration Raids: Loya v. INSIn 1972-73, the Immigration and Naturalization service carried out widespread raids on workplaces, businesses, and homes in Los Angeles. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, in collaboration with the Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA) and other allies in the Latinx community, filed suit to stop the raids–a case that became known […]
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Fighting Mass Deportation during the Great Depression
Read more: Fighting Mass Deportation during the Great DepressionNon-Citizen Americans in the South West Caravans of Sorrow One hears much today about Hemisphere unity. The press sends special correspondents to Latin America, South of the Border songs are wailed by the radio, educational institutions and literary circles speak the language of cultural cooperation, and, what is more important, labor unions are seeking the […]