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Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Mexicans Without Borders)


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January 2006: '"We're satisfied they have rectified their mistake, but this experience allowed us to see that there is a risk, that the community has to watch how these laws are adopted," said Ricardo Juarez, coordinator of Mexicans Without Borders. "This shows us that any abuse of power can be defeated by the community."'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102532.html

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Mar 15, 2007 Federal court eyes local crackdown of illegal migrants: Under challenge is a Hazleton, Pa., law, copied by many cities, that may go to the US Supreme Court.

QUOTE: Now in place or being considered in as many as 100 municipalities in at least 27 states, the Hazleton ordinance is, for the first time, under judicial scrutiny in a federal court in Scranton, Pa. It's the beginning of a journey that legal experts say will likely go all the way to the US Supreme Court. At issue is whether municipalities have the authority to mete out punishment to those enabling illegal immigrants [landlords and business owners who do business with undocumented residents] or whether such laws usurp the federal government's power.

 Christian Science Monitor
Jan 12, 2006 Anti-Crowding Law Repealed

QUOTE: The Manassas City Council decided last night to repeal a controversial ordinance that made it illegal for extended relatives such as aunts, uncles and cousins to live together as a family and that targeted the city's growing Latino population.

 Washington Post