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working "to take over the system from within, rather than futilely try to overthrow it from without."<ref name=kurtz-inside-2>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI=&w=MQ== Kurtz, page 2]</ref>  

working "to take over the system from within, rather than futilely try to overthrow it from without."<ref name=kurtz-inside-2>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI=&w=MQ== Kurtz, page 2]</ref>  

In 2009, the Baltimore group was accused of assisting the set up an underage [[prostitution]] ring involving more than a dozen [[illegal immigrant]] girls,<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/10/acorn.prostitution/ ACORN workers caught on tape allegedly advising on prostitution], ''[[CNN]]'', September 11, 2009.</ref> among other illegal activities.  On March 22, 2010, it announced that "it would close all its remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1" and try to resolve its outstanding debts.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/us/23acorn.html Acorn to Shut All Its Offices by April 1], [[The New York Times]]</ref> The offices were shortly re-opened under different names.  ACORN was mired in controversy connected with the collapse of mortgage giants [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] in the fall of 2008. In response to the scandals, the name 'ACORN' was withdrawn from local offices across the United States and local chapters adopted new names adapted to the local environment. However the organization's national structure remains intact.

In 2009, the Baltimore group was accused of assisting the set up an underage [[prostitution]] ring involving more than a dozen [[illegal immigrant]] girls,<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/10/acorn.prostitution/ ACORN workers caught on tape allegedly advising on prostitution], ''[[CNN]]'', September 11, 2009.</ref> among other illegal activities.  ACORN was also mired in controversy connected with the collapse of mortgage giants [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] in the fall of 2008.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/us/23acorn.html Acorn to Shut All Its Offices by April 1], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  In response to the scandals, the name 'ACORN' was withdrawn from local offices across the United States and local chapters adopted new names adapted to the local environment. However the organization's national structure remains intact.

==History==

==History==