Leticia M Saucedo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4088032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leticia M Saucedo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leticia M |
| FAMILY NAME | Saucedo |
| SIGNATURE | SAUCEDO L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: Legislating a New America
Along with the civil rights and voting rights acts, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 is one of the most important bills of the civil rights era. The Act's political, legal, and demographic impact continues to be felt, yet its legacy is controversial. The 1965 Act was groundbreaking in eliminating the white America immigration policy in place since 1790, ending Asian exclusion, and limiting discrimination against Eastern European Cathol…
Disposability and Resistance in a Male Dominated Industry: Latina Immigrants Organizing in Residential Construction
In a recent campaign to organize immigrant workers in the male dominated residential construction industry, Latina immigrants spearheaded the demand for labor rights in Las Vegas, Nevada. To investigate these gendered phenomena, we use a politically engaged ethnography along with semi-structured interviews of seventy-one Latina/o immigrant construction workers and union leaders. This study finds that masculinity culture and structures that exclud…
The Legal Issues Surrounding the Taas Case
This article provides an overview of the legal claims made by plaintiffs challenging the State’s required passage of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) exit-level test for graduation in GI Forum et al. v. Texas Education Agency et al . The plaintiffs filed their case alleging that the State’s graduation requirement violated minority students’ equal protection and due process rights as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a…
The Legal Issues Surrounding the Taas Case
This article provides an overview of the legal claims made by plaintiffs challenging the State’s required passage of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) exit-level test for graduation in GI Forum et al. v. Texas Education Agency et al . The plaintiffs filed their case alleging that the State’s graduation requirement violated minority students’ equal protection and due process rights as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a…
The Legal Issues Surrounding the Taas Case
This article provides an overview of the legal claims made by plaintiffs challenging the State’s required passage of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) exit-level test for graduation in GI Forum et al. v. Texas Education Agency et al . The plaintiffs filed their case alleging that the State’s graduation requirement violated minority students’ equal protection and due process rights as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a…
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: Legislating a New America
Along with the civil rights and voting rights acts, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 is one of the most important bills of the civil rights era. The Act's political, legal, and demographic impact continues to be felt, yet its legacy is controversial. The 1965 Act was groundbreaking in eliminating the white America immigration policy in place since 1790, ending Asian exclusion, and limiting discrimination against Eastern European Cathol…
Disposability and Resistance in a Male Dominated Industry: Latina Immigrants Organizing in Residential Construction
In a recent campaign to organize immigrant workers in the male dominated residential construction industry, Latina immigrants spearheaded the demand for labor rights in Las Vegas, Nevada. To investigate these gendered phenomena, we use a politically engaged ethnography along with semi-structured interviews of seventy-one Latina/o immigrant construction workers and union leaders. This study finds that masculinity culture and structures that exclud…
Civil rights (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Complaint (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)