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On this day, all Indians made United States citizens

On June 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act, which marked the end of a long debate and struggle, at a federal level, over full birthright citizenship for American Indians. The act read that “all … Continue reading

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Immigration Article of the Day: Article: Xenomorph!! – Indians, Latina/os, and the Alien Morphology of Arizona Senate Bill 1070 – by Robert F. Castro

In an interesting online article in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Robert Castro analyzes how imageries based on the historical typification of Indians have been projected onto Latina/o immigrant populations that are in the United States without proper… … Continue reading

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