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Immigrant's daughter Solis to lead Labor Dept

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President Elect's newest appointment to his cabinet goes to Hilda Solis, a daughter of immigrant parents:

"Hilda Solis grew up on tales of workplace struggles from her Mexican immigrant father, a Teamsters union steward. Her mother, born in Nicaragua, worked on an assembly line.

That upbringing shaped Solis, 51, into a tenacious advocate for workers' rights and set her on the path toward becoming President-elect Barack Obama's labor secretary."

Posted on  Friday, December 19, 2008By icmaldonado
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