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Four Lives Lost – The innocence and wrongful convictions of 4 Texas woman

San Antonio, Texas – In September 1994 allegations of aggravated sexual assault on a child were brought against Elizabeth Ramirez (19) and three of her friends – Anna Vasquez (19), Cassandra Rivera (19) and Kristie Mayhugh (21). The complainants in the case were nine-year-old V.L. and seven-year-old S.L., nieces of Elizabeth Ramirez. The girls claimed

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Undocumented Student Activists who went head to head with ICE, tell their story

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On November 10, 2011, two undocumented student activists from California, Isaac Barrera, 20, and Jonathan Pérez, 24, took the journey of their lives and landed in a Louisiana detention facility to draw attention to the disparate treatment immigrant face in United States. They purposely entered a border patrol agency in Mobile, Alabama as part of

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Racist talkers “John and Ken” and their Misguided Fury on Immigration

Jorge-Mario Cabrera How far will conservative talk radio shock jocks go to incite hate, division, and resentment against immigrants while debasing anything and anyone supportive of immigrant rights? Will these so-called populists, experts at spreading fear and loathing stoop so low as to invade a private citizen’s privacy, publicly disclose private facts, and risk placing

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Who in the hell is Miguel Perez – Latino Rights Activist or Republican Stooge?

Does the name “Miguel Perez” ring a bell with anyone? What about a group called “Chicanos Unidos Arizona”. Anyone? No one? Then perhaps you’ve heard of a group that calls themselves “Take Back Aztlán”? Nothing there? Let’s try one more.  “Nuestros Reconquistos”.  Nothing there either eh? Didn’t think so, and neither have we because the

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