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Article: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION EMPLOYEES MARK NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH

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October 30, 2009
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LAREDO, Texas, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following press release:

Evolving technologies help ensure that the youngest generation of Americans with disabilities will have a broad range of employment opportunities when they enter the workforce, a special education teacher said Tuesday, October 27.

Elizabeth L. Jimenez, a teacher at Laredo's Heights Elementary School, made the positive predictions during her keynote address to a large group of Customs and Border Protection employees who gathered for the agency's annual program to commemorate National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The event was held at the Laredo ...

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