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Gov. Patrick Signs "New Americans Initiative" Executive Order

Source: 
IrishEmigrant.com/boston
Writer: 
IrishEmigrant.com
Representatives of "Welcoming Massachusetts" groups, who encourage a friendlier working and living environment for immigrants, lined up in the grand staircase at the State House. (photo: MIRAcoalition.org via Brazilian Women's Group)

Click on the link below (scroll down to the bottom) to see Gov. Patrick's executive order no.

NH Immigrants Cherish New U.S. Citizenship on Fourth of July

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Immigrants from 57 countries became U.S. citizens in Portsmouth, NH, on July 4, 2008. (photos: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz)
New U.S. citizen Ibrahim Kargbo, second from left to right, came to America from Sierre Leone, where civil war ravaged the country. (photos: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

NH Immigrants Highly Educated and Skilled

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
A road sign welcomes motorists to New Hampshire, which borders the French-speaking Canadian province of Québec (photo: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

Racial Profiling Still A Concern of Rhode Island Immigrants

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
Tony Mendez, general manager of Poder 1110 WPMZ, says racial profiling and equality of treatment are big concerns in Rhode Island, among immigrants as well as people of different races who were born in the USA. (Courtesy photo: Tony Mendez)

Give Liberty A Hand (fundraiser)

06/11/2008 - 18:00
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Give Liberty A Hand 2008: Honoring those who fight for immigrant and refugee rights

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Job-Injury Fatality Rates Higher for Latino Workers Than for Others

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
Photo from the Spanish-language Web site of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), http://osha.gov/as/opa/spanish/index.html

(EthnicNewz.org first published this story on Thursday, 5 June 2008, and updated it on 7 June 2008.)

Danbury Congregation First in Connecticut to Participate in New Sanctuary Movement

Source: 
TribunaCT.com
Writer: 
Nadya Jaworsky
Image from Web site of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury, which has joined the national New Sanctuary Movement of religious groups, reports TribunaCT.com. (Image: uudanbury.org)

Giving Green Card Holders the Right to Vote Makes Sense

Source: 
BrazilianJournal.net (OPINION)
Writer: 
Mark Puleo (OPINION)
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