Feb 4, 2005

Colo. Pulls Spanish-Language Immigrant Guide From Web Site

"Colorado has yanked a Spanish-language guide for new immigrants from a state Web site following criticism that it encouraged illegal aliens to take advantage of government benefits." - AZCentral.com

This is a pretty low blow to yank this type of information from a website. I used to work at a health clinic whose clients consisted mainly of the underserved Latino population. One of the hardest parts of the job was getting the information out to the people on the services that we had that they were entitled to receive.

Nonprofit organizations rely on any medium possible to get their message out and when you take one of those away, not only does the individual suffer, but the organizations trying to help are hurt in the process.

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