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March Madness Is Newest Stage for Mississippi's Anti-Immigrant Law

By Molly Lauterback, Immigrants' Rights Project at 4:16pm

The NCAA college basketball tournament began yesterday and as thousands of fans cheered on their favorite teams, one player found out he had more to handle than just making his free throw. Kansas State University freshman guard, Angel Rodriguez, had just been fouled by a player from Southern Mississippi University with a couple minutes left in the first half when members of the Southern Miss band started chanting "where's your green card?" Mr. Rodriguez, who was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, ignored the chanting and his team went on to win the game, 70-64.

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