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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: Immigration Reform

Was there a DREAM versus Secure Communities Immigration Deal?

ACORN International Immigration Reform International August 19, 2011 by wade

Buenos Aires        I want to share how exciting it was to be with the organizing committee in the Isidor Casanova district of the mega-slum, La Matanza, yesterday as they planned their first major campaign to clean up the fouled, garbage laden dump that their river has become, but that will have to wait until …

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Remembering Carlos Guerra and La Raza Unida

Ideas and Issues Immigration Reform February 6, 2011February 7, 2011 by wade

New Orleans         I was sitting in a staff meeting two weeks ago and casually mentioned that my friend Carlos Guerra had said to me on the phone that he got more response from notes that he would post on Facebook than the silence he would sometimes get from columns he wrote for many years for …

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New Tactics As DREAM Deferred

Immigration Reform National Politics December 19, 2010December 19, 2010 by wade

Orange Beach When looking at the Senate’s Saturday work, it’s important to remember the difference between people who volunteered and those who didn’t.  In DADT we are talking about some protection and relief for brave men and women who volunteered to serve and die for our country.  The defeat of the DREAM Act would have …

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