Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists

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  ‘It’s beyond offensive’: Alex Padilla on Ted Cruz calling the For the People Act ‘the new Jim Crow’
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  Arizona governor signs controversial election bill into law
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  Over half of eligible Latinos voted in 2020 — a historic first
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  Latino Voter Registration, Voting Rates Reached All-Time High in 2020 Elections: Study
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  Voting Rights Under Assault as Biden Tries to Unite the Country
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  McConnell leads GOP in attack on Dems' voting rights bill
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  Voting rights bill advances in Senate over GOP objections

Hispanic Democrats slam four Republicans over Jan. 6 vote in new ads

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  Texas’s population boom should be a boon to Democrats. But Republicans are reaping the gains
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  In St. Pete, voting and civil rights advocates speak out against Florida elections bill
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  Controversial voting laws add to Democrats' midterm obstacles
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  White evangelicals hold highest disapproval of Biden among religious groups: Pew
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  Deputy White House director said ICE 'doesn't have to exist,' told protesters to 'shut-it-down'
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  Nuns speak out against voter suppression
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  Top Hispanic group: Biden's first 100 days a 'down payment on real progress'

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  Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
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  Colombian protest leader Lucas Villa, who was shot eight times, dies
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  The I.C.C. is monitoring the Israeli-Palestinian violence for possible war crimes.
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  U.S. completes Jones Act assessments, ready to review waiver requests - White House
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  House fails to pass drug bill amid Jan. 6 tensions

Immigration News

Biden administration reversing Trump ban on pandemic aid for undocumented students

• Nonprofit opens new Tri-Cities medical and dental clinic. No insurance needed
• ‘Don’t Turn Your Back on Immigrant Essential Workers’ Says Sen. Alex Padilla
• The U.S. should acknowledge its complicity in migrant issues
• Indigenous diaspora: Reaching the US-Mexico border, untracked in the immigration system

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 by Lalo Alcaraz