Word: haitians
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...conditioning as a woman and as a Catholic-school girl to ever be disruptive. The only thing that gives me the courage to do things-because I'm a shy person-is the idea of living with myself afterward. At the 1993 Academy Awards, when we talked about the Haitian refugees being held in Guantánamo, I could barely breathe...
...license number - against data in official records before an individual can be registered to vote. The problem is that even a simple error such as a typo can keep a legitimate voter off the registration rolls. Compounding that issue is the state's large number of citizens with Haitian or Hispanic names that are either hyphenated or use multiple surnames. Opponents of the bill say that the matching process so far has delayed or denied voter registration for more than 76,000 Florida citizens, with more than 14,000 still blocked from the rolls. That number is expected to rise...
...could be the number, it could be the name was improperly typed in," says senior counsel Elizabeth Westfall with the Advancement Project, a civil rights group that, along with several other lawyers, represents the plaintiffs - Florida's NAACP, the Southwest Voter Registration Project, and the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition. They are suing Florida Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning, who oversees elections in the state, arguing that the law is unconstitutional and should be immediately suspended. U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Mickle in Gainesville heard roughly four hours of oral arguments in the case on Tuesday...
Larry D. Arbuthnott ’10, the other co-president, said the HHA spoke to Fernández about the Haitian issue during the luncheon, but said they received unsatisfactory answers...
...know that there are many issues still pending,” he said, citing immigration, trade, and drug trafficking problems in the Haitian community. Nevertheless, he remained optimistic, calling the two peoples “brothers and sisters...