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.