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Does the First Amendment Protect all Speech?

Mar 18, 2008   Does the First Amendment Protect all Speech?

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to freedom of speech for all Americans, even those whose opinions are reprehensible to the general public. First Amendment rights are not absolute, however. MORE


Anti-Immigrant Coalition Misstates Immigration’s Impact upon African American Workers - VIDEO

Mar 18, 2008   Anti-Immigrant Coalition Misstates Immigration’s Impact upon African American Workers - VIDEO

The advertisement from the “Coalition for the Future American Worker” (CFAW) cites a single disputed and misleading source regarding the impact of immigration upon African American employment and wages. In selectively citing to one study (while referencing “studies”), the advertisement ignores an overwhelming body of economic research that shows that immigrants in fact have positive or neutral impacts upon employment and wages in the U.S.


Anti-Immigrant Spokesman Demonizes Hispanics in Time Magazine

Mar 18, 2008   Anti-Immigrant Spokesman Demonizes Hispanics in Time Magazine

In the February 27th edition of Time magazine, Steven Camarota, research director for the Center for Immigration Studies, an organization that wants to restrict new immigration to the United States, warns that “even if immigrants are less likely to commit crimes, their children and grandchildren may be more likely to end up on the wrong side of the law.


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