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In Arpaio’s Arizona, They Fought Back – NYTimes.com
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, whose trial in a class-action civil-rights lawsuit continues this week in Phoenix, didn’t get…
Immigrant Rights
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Narco News: The DREAM Act Students Have Taught Me New Things about Strategy and Planning
There’s a wonderful example going on right now in the United States.
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Keep the pressure up: moving forward after Obama’s immigration announcement
Gina Perez is a member of Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance. She has been a leading member of the growing movement in Georgia, being among the first students in the state to ‘come out of the shadows’ in civil disobediance. In response to the education ban, GUYA has organized the Freedom University, where students are taking classes despite being barred from public universities.
In this piece for Organizing Upgrade Marisa Franco interviews Gina Perez.