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Oakland Tribune - Monday, January 15th, 2007
Editorial Section
Immigrants play role in King legacy
DR. MARTIN Luther King Jr.'s vision for a better society included not just African Americans but everyone, every group.
It is not hard for us to imagine Dr. King encouraging us to Welcome the Strangers — a teaching from the Judeo Christian tradition to accept newcomers into our communities.
He understood that justice is indivisible. His journey in the fight for civil rights took him from opposing the oppression of African Americans in the South to opposing the poor conditions of humanity throughout the nation and the world. <more>
Bay Area Demonstrators: ‘Immigrant rights, not vigilante violence’
09/22/05 People's Weekly World Newspaper
SAN JOSE, Calif. — On Sept. 15, the eve of Mexican Independence Day, Bay Area immigrant rights advocates called for recognition of immigrants’ great contributions to California’s economy and culture, challenged those who would deny them their human rights and protested the imminent arrival of armed vigilante groups, including the Minutemen, on the state’s border with Mexico. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was roundly criticized for backing the Minutemen. <more>
Rallies Denounce Civilian Border Patrol
09/16/05 San Jose Mercury News
Anticipating the arrival next month of citizen militias at California's border with Mexico, immigrants joined with religious, labor and community leaders Thursday in vigils and rallies in San Jose and Oakland, to denounce the growing number of armed volunteers conducting patrols. <more>
Immigrant Rights are Civil Rights, Meeting Says
07/21/05 People's Weekly World Newspaper
OAKLAND, Calif. — Calling the movement for immigration reform a “new civil rights movement of the 21st century,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) electrified participants in a labor and community conference here July 16 as she urged a united struggle for immigrant rights, civil rights and an end to the war in Iraq. <more>
Cities Overlook Immigrants, Study Suggests
06/09/05 San Jose Mercury News
Although they make up one-quarter of the state's population, immigrants and the
groups that represent them have little influence in California's city politics
and governance, according to a Public Policy Institute of California report to
be released today. <more>
Immigrant Advocates Refocus on Perceptions
03/31/05 Contra Costa Times
OAKLAND - Advocates representing the spectrum of Bay Area immigrant communities met Wednesday to build a united front in the growing debate about how the United States treats immigrants. <more>
A Very American Voter Education
10/25/04 Independent Arts and Media
Twice monthly, Democratic and Republican volunteers take up their positions outside Masonic Auditorium atop Nob Hill, ready for the latest wave of immigrant citizens to emerge from the swearing-in ceremonies held there. <more>
San Francisco considers school board voting rights for non-citizens
06/21/04 San Jose Mercury News
In a push to get more immigrants involved in their children's education, San Francisco officials are considering asking voters in November to give parents who are not U.S. citizens the right to vote in school board elections. <more>
Push for Non-Citizen Vote in School Elections
05/28/04 AsianWeek
Non-citizen parents with children enrolled in the San Francisco Unified School District will be the first in California to vote in school board elections and decide who oversees their children's education, should a ballot measure introduced by Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez pass in November. <more>
Proposed Immigration Law Worries Daly City
04/21/04 San Mateo County Times
DALY CITY -- Officials here are worried that proposed federal legislation that would enable local police to enforce immigration laws could create an intimidating atmosphere for residents and an overwhelming burden on police. <more>
Candidates stump the state
09/21/03 San Jose Mercury News
Two weeks after granting illegal immigrants the right to get driver's licenses, Gov. Gray Davis waded back into the immigration debate Saturday when he praised a group lobbying for legal status for all immigrants, while refusing to say whether he supported the group's key goals. <more>
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