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Undocumented Pinay student goes on trial in Chicago for mob action — reports Joseph Pimentel, Asian Journal January 15, 2012 LOS ANGELES — An undocumented Filipina student was among the six immigration activists known as the “Chicago Six” who went to trial Thursday in Chicago on charges of mob action and obstruction of traffic, according…

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Undocumented Pinay student goes on trial in Chicago for mob action — reports
Joseph Pimentel, Asian Journal
January 15, 2012

LOS ANGELES — An undocumented Filipina student was among the six immigration activists known as the “Chicago Six” who went to trial Thursday in Chicago on charges of mob action and obstruction of traffic, according to reports.

Sporting “undocumented and unafraid” on their t-shirts, Carla Navoa, a 22-year-old Filipino undocumented student and activist, and the other defendants Fanny Lopez-Martinez, Jorge Mena, Arianna Salgado, Ireri Unzueta Carrasco, and Miguel Martinez were in court to face charges only to see the judge set a new trial date for March 2.

The six defendants are believed to be the first ever undocumented immigrants to be put on trial for protesting immigration policy, according to the People’s World newspaper.

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