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1994 Voting

The First Word: No Immigrants Need Apply

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
September/October 1994

September 23, 1994 by Leave a Comment

Franklin Delano Roosevelt once told an uncomfortable audience of the Daughters of the American Revolution that "we are all immigrants." It is something that we should remember now when the scapegoating of immigrants is reaching a new height in this country. California is leading the way in states that are proposing initatives that would deny public education and medical care to … [Read more...] about The First Word: No Immigrants Need Apply

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