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José Luis Dalmau and "Tatito" Hernández also argue that the United States discriminates against Puerto Rico in the ISS on the basis of racial and national origin.
By El Nuevo Día - Washington D.C.- The heads of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico stressed today, Tuesday, before the U.S. Supreme Court that denying residents of the island the same rights and privileges of other citizens...
Organizations denounce "irreparable harm" to seniors from discrimination in SSI program
Thousands of Puerto Rico residents suffer "irreparable harm" because they are excluded from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for living on the island, where there is a higher percentage of older adults than in the U.S. and Puerto Rico...
Some 90 businesses and civic groups ask Congress for equal treatment for Puerto Rico in food aid
By El Nuevo Día - Washington D.C. - Nearly 90 businesses and civic groups have called on Congress to move forward with Democratic legislation that would allow Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands to be included in the U.S. Navy's...
U.S. unions advocate before federal Supreme Court for Puerto Rico residents' access to SSI
By El Nuevo Día - Washington D. C. - Four influential U.S. labor unions with affiliates in Puerto Rico today denounced before the U.S. Supreme Court the federal government's efforts to block access by residents of Puerto Rico to...
Unions intervene before federal Supreme Court in Puerto Rico SSI case
By Metro.pr - The two Puerto Rican unions affiliated to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the General Workers Union and the Puerto Rican Workers Union (SPT), joined together in the...
Let's focus on the White House parity proposal.
It is encouraging to see how the pluralistic government has worked this year to improve conditions for Puerto Ricans through an increase in the minimum wage and legislation that allows for the extension to the island of the federal Credit for Work program, or "Crédito por Trabajo," or...