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10/22/2013  Luis Gutierrez, Fierce Fighter For Immigration Reform  @LatinoVoices
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House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. speak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, during the committee's hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)| AP
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Because the U.S. Won't Control The Flow Of Guns Into Latin America
Mexican authorities seized almost 70,000 weapons of U.S. origin from 2007 to 2011. In 2004, the U.S. Congress declined to renew a 10-year ban on the sale of assault weapons. They quickly became the guns of choice for Mexican drug cartels. Some 60,000 people have died in Mexico since President Felipe Calderón launched a military assault on the cartels in 2006.c/s


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Arizona Refuses To Drop Lawsuit Against In-State Tuition For DACA Students
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10/22/2013  Where Are Black and Latino People in NYC’s ‘Silicon Alley’?  @Colorlines
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10/22/2013  Grenada: Remembering ‘A Lovely Little War’ ~By Bill Bigelow @ZinnEdProject ~via @commondreams
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10/22/2013  Texas Voter ID Law Officially Takes Effect  @LatinoVoices http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/texas-voter-id-law-into-effect_n_4138138.html
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10/22/2013 Smithsonian Latino Center Fellows: Latino History Is Part of American History
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10/22/2013 As Hurricane Raymond Looms, Some Mexicans Evacuate Storm-Battered Areas
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Mexican army soldiers on duty for emergency relief stand next to villagers as they watch workers reinforce a road with sandbags, not seen, in Acapulco, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. The area is on alert as Hurricane Raymond gained more strength and threatened to hurl heavy rains onto a sodden region already devastated by last month's Tropical Storm Manuel. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez) AP2013
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10/21/2013 Mark Zuckerberg To Host Hackathon For Undocumented Immigrants @LatinoVoices http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/zuckerberg-immigration-ha_n_4138638.html
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Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., leaves a meeting with members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Zuckerberg in April announced the formation of an advocacy group, Fwd.us, to push for more visas for skilled immigrant workers. He pressed that cause yesterday in a meeting with Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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10/21/2013 Success Of Bilingual Crossover Films Shows Hollywood's Paying Attention To Latinos ~via @FoxNewsLatino
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10/22/2013 #Mexico: President’s visit opens gateway to Latin America, says envoy
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Ambassador of Mexico, Carlos Garcia de Alba (right) pictured at the formal launch of November’s ‘A Taste of Mexico’ with the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Oisin Quinn (left) and mariachi Antonio Garcia-Lopez. Photograph: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
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Tar Sands Protesters Commandeer Public Meeting, Energy Officials Run for the Door
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National Force soldiers fire teargas during clashes with demonstrators near Hotel Windsor, where the auction for Libra offshore oilfield will take place, in Rio de Janeiro October 21, 2013.
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10/21/2013  Political party official slain in El Salvador @FoxNewsLatino http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/10/21/political-party-official-slain-in-el-salvador/
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10/20/2013  Voting war: Is it race or is it politics? ~via @LatinoPolitico
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10/21/2013  Comment: This article involves North Carolina, though it may have implications in other sectors of the country. In relation to Voting, it should be accepted that it is natural and logical for folks to have ID in the first place. Why give racist reactionaries more ammo?

I would be more concerned about the redrawing of congressional district lines with the conscious intention of favoring certain demographics.

To make matters worse there is the general apathy of potential voters and the opinion of phony progressives that involvement in any form of electoral politics is irrelevant. It is patent that the U.S.A. is now not an authentic democracy, if it ever was, BUTTT if there is ever to be a true democracy it would require the mass participation of the masses, including personal participation in the realm of electoral politics.

9/19/2012  The Twisted History of Gerrymandering in American Politics ~By Emily Barasch
~via @TheAtlantic
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9/19/2012  The League of Dangerous Mapmakers ~By Robert Draper  @TheAtlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-league-of/309084/?single_page=true
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10/20/2013  As Latino businesses grow, organizations provide resources for entrepreneurs  ~via @LatinoTimes
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President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela with a portrait of Simón Bolívar, whose remains were exhumed in 2010.
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[NetworkAztlan_News] Colombia farmers suspend talks with government, threaten new strikes-Indigenous protesters holding captive 7 members of security forces + More

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News Colombia farmers suspend talks with government, threaten new strikes posted by Taran Volckhausen

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Colombian farmers announced Thursday plans to leave the negotiating table with the government, with a possible return to protest, after failing to reach any significant agreements in a month and a half of talks over a rural economic crisis.
The announcement comes after farmers sat down with President Juan Manuel Santos last month to end a three week long widespread strike, which shut down highways in much of the country and led to a number of violent clashes with riot police.

MORE: Colombia's strike wave begins with violence and roadblocks
Farm leader Cesar Pachon told media that the government had failed to meet any of the farmers' demands that led to the talks: improve farmers' access to credit, lower prices of supplies, and limit food imports, leading organizers to "break" talks with the government. He said they would announce next week whether or not they would return to the streets for strikes.

MORE: Farmers in southwest and central Colombia agree to lift strike

"We left the table because the government has been pulling our leg the whole time and we don't believe in more promises," said Pachon. "If we must strike again, we will do so… We would rather give our lives on the highway than die of starvation on the farm."
Santos has responded saying the government has been holding up its end of the deal in the negotiations and called the possible return to strike "irresponsible" and "unjustifiable" because of the high economic cost caused by the protests over the summer.

During the August agricultural strikes that drew tens of thousands of protesters, five farmers were killed in clashes with police, while 485 people reportedly were injured. Four farmers disappeared during the protests.

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• Campesinos No Descartaron Nuevo Paro Agrario (Vanguardia)
• Campesinos Se Levantaron De La Mesa De Negociación Con El Gobierno (Caracol Radio)
• Presidente Santos Pidió Que No Se Vuelva A Convocar A Paro Agrario (W Radio)

- See more at: http://colombiareports.co/colombia-farmers-leave-negotiating-table-government/#sthash.VH1o7ArA.dpuf

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Indigenous protesters holding captive 7 members of security forces

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Indigenous protesters taking part in a national strike have captured seven members of Colombia's security forces, who are being held in two separate locations in Colombia, according to a statement by local authorities on Friday.
The government Ombudsman in the western state of Risaralda, Freddy Plaza, says that six of those taken by the indigenous protestors – five uniformed police officers and a reserve soldier - were being held in the municipality of Belen de Umbria.

In addition to calling for the release of the captured government officials in a public address, Plaza pressed protesters to lift roadblocks causing backed-up traffic on highways in the state.

Roadblocks also continued on the Pan-American highway in the southwestern state of Cauca, where protesters were holding a member of the riot police captive. Protesters were also blocking roads in the northern state of Sucre.

The reports of captured government officials comes after Colombian indigenous rights group ONIC condemned on Thursday what they considered excessive police response to protests that left 19 wounded and four arrested during a protest in the Pacific port of Buenaventura, where there is a high concentration of Afro-Colombians.

MORE: Colombia's indigenous decry excessive police force against protesters

Roadblocks (from bottom): Cauca; Belen de Umbria, Risaralda; Sucre 

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• Se Eleva A Siete El Número De Retenidos Por Indígenas En Risaralda Y Cauca (RNC Radio)

- See more at: http://colombiareports.co/indigenous-protesters-holding-captive-7-uniformed-officials/#sthash.viNeVoF0.dpuf

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Targeted oil pipeline contract workers kidnapped

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Three contractors who have been working on the Caño Limon oil pipeline were kidnapped by armed guerrillas on Thursday. The pipeline has been attacked four times already in October alone.


Topographer Jaime Baron, Carlos Rivera, and driver Pablo Leon were taken from their car while driving in the Arauquita municipality in the state of Arauca, on the Venezuelan border.
Local authorities suspect Colombia's second largest rebel group, The National Liberation Army (ELN), as responsible for the kidnappings, and security has been amplified in the area in an effort to secure the safety of other workers and investigate the kidnapping.
This pipeline and area has been plagued by problems and difficulties for well over a month; however, the situation has escalated in October.

MORE: Northeast Colombia pipeline attacked for 4th time this month
While no guerrilla group has come forward to claim responsibility for these attacks and local police initially suspected the rebel group, FARC, for the attacks,  authorities have turned their sights on the ELN, who are believed to be responsible for the bulk of the attacks against the pipeline.

As of now there is no evidence linking the FARC to these attacks, and there are still only primarily suspicions connecting the ELN as well.

Arauquita, Arauca 

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• Secuestran A Tres Contratistas Del Oleoducto Caño Limón Coveñas (El Espectador)

- See more at: http://colombiareports.co/contractors-repeatedly-attacked-oil-pipeline-kidnapped/#sthash.ynYsji0p.dpuf

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The NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years. It hacked into the president's public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system. The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico.
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http://nbclatino.com/2013/10/19/president-highlights-immigration-in-weekly-address/
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Dr. Arnoldo DeLeón, history professor at Angelo State University, wrote “They Called Them Greasers: Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821-1900” to enlighten people on the racial attitudes toward Mexicans. In honor of the book’s 30th anniversary, DeLeón will share with students, employees, and the community at Lone Star College-Kingwood some important lessons learned from history.
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10/18/2013  Houston: Book sheds light on plight of Mexican Americans  @HumbleNews
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/humble/news/book-sheds-light-on-plight-of-mexican-americans/article_ed81d6b8-f42a-5570-8964-66b1a1f6052b.html
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10/18/2013  Are Immigrant Aid Organizations Ready for Reform?
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10/18/2013  How One Woman Is Bridging The Gap Between Classical Music And Latinos
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Comment: I enjoy some Classical Music because it is usually relaxing and without words that can trigger a range of thoughts. It touches emotions more and can activate certain memories and remembrances that might not otherwise surface. It can be a meditative experience.
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10/18/2013 This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way  ~By @GregKaufmann
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Juan Lopez, of Phoenix, show his support of the Tucson Unified School District, after Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal announces that the Tucson Unified School District violates state law by teaching it's Mexican American Studies Department's ethic studies program at a news conference at the Arizona Department of Education Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)| AP
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10/17/2013  New immigration law in Calif. gives aspiring attorneys hope @LatinoPolitico
http://latinotimes.com/latinos/777817-new-immigration-law-in-calif-gives-aspiring-attorneys-hope.html 
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10/16/2013  2 Officers Accused of Harassing Latinos Now Await Verdict  @NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/nyregion/2-officers-accused-of-harassing-latinos-now-await-verdict.html?_r=0
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10/15/2013  » Smooth Criminal: Chevron Sues Rainforest Communities It Contaminated  @AmazonWatch
http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/1015-smooth-criminal-chevron-sues-rainforest-communities-it-contaminated
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10/18/2013  Death and Corruption: Organized Crime and Local Govt in #Mexico
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http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/mexico-mayors
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Recall: 1/25/2013 The Women of Mexico's Drug War - Julie Turkewitz  @TheAtlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/the-women-of-mexicos-drug-war/272528/
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In a series of nine raids around Buenos Aires, police dismantled seven drug laboratories and seized 12,293 ecstasy tablets, 28 liters and 1,240 doses of ketamine, 2.3 kilos of cocaine, 300 LSD tabs, and 200 doses of ephedrine, worth a total of almost $16 million, reported La Nacion.
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10/18/2013  Extent of #Argentina Party Drug Ring Unfolds  ~via @InSightCrime
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/extent-of-argentina-party-drug-ring-begins-to-unfold
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▶ Guantanamo Force Feeding Comes to Amerika  w/ @SamSacks  @RT_America:
http://youtu.be/0OuwqPQfVqU  ~Pub Oct 18, 2013
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10/18/2013  Mapping 22 Different #Latino Populations Across the U.S.A.
~via  @AtlanticCities
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/10/mapping-22-different-latino-populations-across-america/7284/
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10/18/2013  Americans & Latino Americans to Tea Party: We Want our EPA
~By Adrianna Quintero  ~via @HuffPostGreen
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adrianna-quintero/americans-latino-american_b_4120207.html
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10/16/2013  #Latino art, history highlighted through photos ~via @DandC
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/10/16/latino-art-history-highlighted-through-photos/2998195/
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10/17/2013  Borderland Beat: CJNG Uses "Grenade-Walker" Against Police- 2 Years After Being Smuggled for CDS
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2013/10/cjng-used-grenade-walkers-against.html
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10/17/2013  Policía antidroga confisca 16 toneladas de cocaína en diez meses ~via @LaRazon_Bolivia
http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/seguridad_nacional/Policia-antidroga-confisca-toneladas-cocaina_0_1926407439.html
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10/17/2013  New Channel Aimed At Latino Millennials Too White, Critics Say (UPDATED)
~via @LatinoVoices
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/fusion-too-white_n_4118292.html#slide=1995282

Comment: 10/18/2013  This issue may seem light-weight and superficial to some, but as a brown-skinned Chicano de Aztlan it reflects the dominance of White racism in present-day society. It has even seeped into the consciousness of many non-White folks.

The people of La Raza Cosmica ~an inclusive general term my people use ~come in all colors in terms of the greatest or lessor concentration of melanin on the skin. For the corporate capitalist to sell products he prefers to use light-skin Latinos out of a profit-motive. Not everyone who is non-White wants to be White, though many non-Whites do because they have bought into the whole racial inferiority complex because of low or no natural self-esteem.

Yes, we are actually all of one race upon Mother Earth, the human race, BUTTT we cannot be stupid and ignore the prevailing role of social racism in U.S. society. Social racism is a man-made invention first popularized by the Spaniards to rationalize the genocide against native-born indigenous peoples. Plus, it was used to justify Black genocide during Black slavery.

Educate to Liberate!
Peter S. López aka @Peta_de_Aztlan
Sacramento, Calfornia, #Nazi Amerika
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10/17/2013  #Black and #Latino leaders call for Herbalife investigation  @latimes http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-black-latino-herbalife-harris-20131017,0,5966034.story
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Graffiti marred the steeple on the Greater Holy Faith Baptist Church on 155th Street in Compton in January. Two members of 155th Street Gang were charged with federal hate crimes. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / January 25, 2013)
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10/17/2013  2 Latinos plead guilty to hate crimes against blacks in Compton  @latimes
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-latino-plead-guilty-hate-crimes-blacks-compton-20131017,0,44326.story
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10/16/2013  Americans targeted in Mexican border cities by kidnappers  @HoustonChron
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Americans-targeted-in-Mexican-border-cities-by-4891498.php
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http://www.abqjournal.com/282786/news/morales-to-run-for-dem-nomination-for-governor.html
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▶ Original Yasuni Proposal Would Have Made #Ecuador a Pilot Project for Green Developement http://youtu.be/BXbsfzLAHAo  ~Pub Oct 16, 2013
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Comment: 10/16/2013 ~ This Video is certainly worth reviewing and studying further. In connected reality, where we all live, environmental conditions are naturally and inherently closely interconnected. Damage in one area can negatively affect other areas.

Who knows now how much damage the evil corporate profit addicts have already wrecked upon Mother Earth? More will be revealed.
@Peta_de_Aztlan ~Email: peta.aztlan@gmail.com c/s
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10/16/2013  Latino Mayors Revitalize Cities And Push Towards Economic Growth @LatinoVoices
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/latino-mayors-revitalize-_n_4110983.html
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10/16/2013  Telemundo, Univision Teach Spanish Lessons to U.S. Networks @HispanicBizMag
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/10/16/telemundo_univision_teach_spanish_lessons_to.htm
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10/16/2013  #Immigrant Rights Activists In Portland Focus On Prisons @LatinoVoices
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/immigration-rights-activists-portland_n_4114895.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
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11 Ways Immigration Reform Helps The Economy via @LatinoVoices
http://huff.to/19OUe5t

Reform Would Help Curb The Deficit
Immigration reform would reduce the federal deficit by $2.5 trillion over the next 10 years, according to an April analysis by the American Action Forum, a conservative think tank.
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Expelling Immigrants Is Expensive Expelling the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States would cost $2.6 trillion over the next 10 years, according to CNBC. That's because it costs the government more than $8,000 to deport each person.
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10 Major U.S. Federal Immigration Laws http://huff.to/19OZdDc via @LatinoVoices
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The Naturalization Act of 1790
The Naturalization Act of 1790 was our country's first set of laws dealing with citizenship.
Applicants had to be "a free white person" of "good moral character." This excluded indentured servants and slaves. Good moral character was substantiated by establishing residence for at least one year in the state from where he was applying, and at least two years of residence in the country. The Naturalization Act of 1795 would extend that requirement to five years, and is still standard today.
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The Fourteenth Amendment
1868 A Reconstruction Amendment that was added to the U.S. Constitution following the Civil War, the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment establishes for the first time that children born on U.S. soil would be conferred U.S. citizenship regardless of their parent's citizenship status, race, or place of birth. Last year, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 to Congress, and challenged this. The bill would require that at least one parent be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident for a child to be granted citizenship.

According to the bill's text, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, and "clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth." Prior to this, Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) introduced a similar bill in 2009.

The Naturalization Act of 1870
The Naturalization Act of 1870 explicitly extended naturalization laws to "aliens of African nativity and persons of African descent." This meant that for the first time, African-American children would be conferred citizenship upon birth. Asian immigrants and other people of color are excluded per the Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1795.
The Page Act of 1875 Named after Republican Representative Horace F. Page, this is the first U.S. federal immigration law to explicitly prohibit the immigration of a particular group: persons of Asian descent. Primarily meant to limit Chinese immigrant labor and prostitution, the Page Act prohibited the immigration of: (1) contracted labor from "China, Japan, or any Oriental country" that was not "free and voluntary," (2) Chinese prostitution and (3) criminals and women who would engage in prostitution. Ultimately, the Page Act severely restricted the immigration of Asian women. Only 136 of the the nearly 40,000 Chinese immigrants who arrived in the months before the bill's enforcement were women. And, it would pave the way for the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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In this picture, Michael Lin, chair of the 1882 Project, a coalition of rights groups seeking a statement of regret over that year's Chinese Exclusion Act, speaks on May 26, 2011 in Washington, DC, at the US House of Representatives in front of a reproduction of a 19th-century sign that aimed at rousing up sentiment against Chinese Americans. Lawmakers introduced a bill that would offer an official statement of regret for the act, which banned further immigration of Chinese to the United States and ended citizenship rights for ethnic Chinese. (AFP PHOTO/SHAUN TANDON).
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The Naturalization Act of 1906 The Naturalization Act of 1906 further defined the naturalization process: the ability to speak English was made a requisite for immigrants to adjust their status.
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The Immigration Act of 1924 U.S. President Coolidge signed this U.S. federal bill into law. It capped the number of immigrants who could be admitted entry to the U.S. and barred immigration of persons who were not eligible for naturalization. And, as the Naturalization Act of 1790 required, an immigrant had to be white in order to naturalize. The quotas varied by country.
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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (The McCarran-Walter Act) The McCarran-Walter Act kept up the controversial Immigration Act of 1924, but formally ended Asian exclusion.
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, it abolished the quota system that favored immigration from Europe and limited immigration from Asia and South America.

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) is a piece of legislation that defined an array of issues to do with legal and illegal immigration -- from outlining how border patrol agents should administer visa processing, to the minutiae of how to handle deportation proceedings -- IIRIRA established enforcement and patrolling practices.
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Dumbest Commentary About #Latinos In 2012 via @LatinoVoices
http://huff.to/19OVTI4

East Haven Mayor 'Might Have Tacos' To Reach Out To Latino Community Mayor of the Connecticut town of East Haven, Joseph Maturo Jr. said he "might have tacos" when asked what he'd do for the Latino community after four police officers were arrested on charges of racial profiling.

The majority of the Latino community in the town of New Haven is Ecuadoran, not Mexican, according to Talking Points Memo.
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10/16/2013  Hispanics demand police resignation over slur  @connpost
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Hispanics-demand-police-resignation-over-slur-4901457.php
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In Texas, Demand for Hunting Classes in Spanish on the Rise | The Texas Tribune ~via @LatinoVoices
http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/17/in-texas-demand-for-hunting-classes-in-/?utm_source=feedly
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10/16/2013  Why Would A Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Matter?  @Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/16/why-would-a-puerto-rico-debt-crisis-matter/
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10/15/2013  San Diego Source > Commentary > #Immigration could turn other red states blue  @SDDT http://www.sddt.com/Commentary/article.cfm?Commentary_ID=109&SourceCode=20131015tzb&_t=Immigration+could+turn+other+red+states+blue#
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10/14/2013  Shooting near U.S.-Mexico border involved SDPD cop  @fox5sandiego
http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/10/13/shooting-near-u-s-mexico-border-involved-sdpd-cop/
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Austin Texas Lake Front (Photo credit: StuSeeger)
10/13/2013  Booming Austin, TX Reveals The Genius Of Open Immigration Borders  @Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2013/10/13/booming-austin-tx-reveals-the-genius-of-open-immigration-borders/ Comment: 10/16/2013 ~ If we can fathom connected reality outside the Corporate-Capitalist mind-set, we should see that in the long-run from a Big Picture Perspective we need to establish open borders between all countries. We are one species on one planet and we need to share available shrinking resources as fairly as we can.

What corporate expansion and its insane addiction to profits is doing is worsening an already unsustainable drive for more and more corporate profits, no matter the cost in human suffering.  Natural resources are not endlessly infinite. When will oil peak out?  Corporate capitalism is now positioned in the way of positive and productive progress in our now global society.  Society must be humanized!
Peter S. Lñpez aka @Peta_de_Aztlan
Sacramento, California  c/s
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