Frances Perkins

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• SOURCE: Mother Jones
  4/28/2021
  

  The Original Sin of America’s Broken Immigration Courts

  A decision made by Franklin Roosevelt to move immigration services from jurisdiction of the Department of Labor to the Department of Justice laid the groundwork for criminalizing immigration and for abusive practices that came to light in the most recent administration. 

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• SOURCE: HowStuffWorks
  4/29/2020
  

  Frances Perkins: The Unsung Creator of U.S. Social Security

  Author Kristin Downey covered Social Security for years, which has driven her to correct the tendency to overlook Frances Perkins's key contributions to the most important social welfare program in America.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/23/19
  

  The woman behind Elizabeth Warren’s blueprint for the presidency

  by Rebecca Brenner Graham

  Frances Perkins, the first female Cabinet secretary, is a model for how to bring activism to government.

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• SOURCE: Contingent Magazine
  8/23/19
  

  No Refuge: Frances Perkins, the Labor Department, and Immigration

  by Rebecca Brenner Graham

  When Congress gave the Secretary of Labor discretion over any immigrant “likely to become a public charge,” they weren’t expecting someone like Frances Perkins.

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• 2-27-17
  

  Does It Matter Who the Secretary of Labor Is?

  by T.R.C. Hutton

  Most of the people who have filled the position, whatever their intentions, have been largely ineffectual with the exception of Frances Perkins, who served the longest, during the New Deal.