Arguments scheduled today at the US Supreme Court on Flores-Villar v. United States: "Children born overseas who have one U.S.-citizen parent can obtain U.S. citizenship if the citizen parent had been physically present in the U.S. for a certain period of time before the child’s birth. If the citizen parent is the father, the period is five years; if it is the mother, the period is one year. Does this differentiation amount to unconstitutional gender-based discrimination?"Image: source.
From the League of Women Voters of Oregon, a study on Farmworkers in Oregon (from 2000 but still has a lot of interesting information).
So glad someone said this: "Are a small number of Slate writers creating news at the expense of abused immigrant women?" Yes!
Study says Ashland is full of potential bike commuters: "The study recommends the creation of separate or buffered bike lanes on busy streets, as well as more cross-town routes that don't rely on main thoroughfares."
NYTimes: Confusion Over Program to Spot Illegal Immigrants. (a) NYTimes, it's "undocumented" not "illegal," get with it. (b) The "Secure Communities" shit show continues.
"[T]he truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together & they fall apart. Then they come together again & fall apart again." - Pema Chodron
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