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Including Inglewood Airport Area • Baldwin Hills • Crenshaw/LA • Ladera Heights VOL. 25, No. 22
June 2, 2016
Latinos Hold the Key to Trump Victory or Defeat
By Veronica Mackey “Donald Trump may be on his way to claiming the Republican presidential nomination, at least in part, by vowing to build a wall to keep Mexicans out of the U.S., but many of those Mexicans may have quietly built a wall that will keep him out of the White House” —Tonyaa J. Weathersbee, TheRoot.com
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hile it is nearly impossible to watch television and not see Donald Trump supporters dominating the airwaves, another formidable group has been quietly taking steps to insure his defeat. This is not the so-called #NeverTrump movement, the Twitter hashtag coalition of conservations who have vowed never to support him. It is a growing movement toward Latino citizenship and voter registration. Trump’s view of Mexicans as drug-traffickers, rapists, murderers and job-stealers, and promises to deport an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants is proving to be, for Democrats, the gift that keeps on
gained impetus with the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. The law authorized amnesty for undocumented workers who could prove continuous residence in the U.S. since 1982. While the majority of immigrants fled to California, Texas and Southwestern states for low-wage, low-skill agricultural jobs, others headed to Southern states with less competition. According to Real Clear Politics polling, traditional red states like Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina are now toss-up or Democratic leaning states. Even Texas is leaning.
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Honoring Our Fallen Heroes
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By Thomas Bunn
n the 12 major US wars fought, including the American Revolution, the United States has lost an estimate of over 1.1 million soldiers. In no other war were more American lives taken than in the Civil War from 1861 to around 1865. Close to half a million American lives were lost on both sides. Originally named Decoration Day by General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, (Continued on page 2)
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