civil rights - Tracy Collins Ortlieb https://tracyortlieb.com/tag/civil-rights/ Digital Content Storyteller Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:26:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Legal pot still pushing forward, despite Trump https://tracyortlieb.com/legal-pot-still-pushing-forward-despite-trump/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:43:18 +0000 https://tracyortlieb.com/?p=238 Braced for a clash with the new administration, marijuana legalization advocates push on.

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]]> The legal powers—and limits—of ‘sanctuary cities’ https://tracyortlieb.com/the-legal-powers-and-limits-of-sanctuary-cities/ Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:09:12 +0000 https://tracyortlieb.com/?p=269 In a mid-November news conference, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined other big-city mayors who are insisting they will continue leading “sanctuary cities” in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s hardline positions on illegal immigration. Standing beside immigration activists, area business leaders, and state and federal lawmakers, Emanuel sought to reduce the fear of immigrants living in this country without authorization. “To all those...

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