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Magdaleno Rose-Avila, former head of Seattle immigrant rights group, dies
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Magdaleno Rose-Avila, former head of Seattle immigrant rights group, dies

The Seattle Times·The Seattle Times·18 days ago
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Magdaleno Rose-Avila, a longtime civil and human rights advocate who championed immigrants and fought against the death penalty, died Friday in Seattle. He was 80. Known to his friends and colleagues as Leno, he had a sweeping career in Seattle and beyond dedicated to working for and with some of society’s most neglected communities, including farmworkers, incarcerated people, former gang members and undocumented immigrants.  He served as executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project from 2003 to 2007, and was hired as the first director of the city’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. In 2006, the city honored him with its Distinguished Citizen Award for Human Rights .…

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