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Edward M. Kennedy: “We believe that immigrants, like women and African Americans before them, have rights in this country, and the time is…”

On the recordApril 21, 2013
We believe that immigrants, like women and African Americans before them, have rights in this country, and the time is ripe for a new civil rights moment.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts

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Kennedy advocates for immigrant rights as a civil rights issue.

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