Event Will Feature Testimony from Undocumented Students, Labor, Clergy
LOS ANGELES, CA – Rep. Judy Chu (D-El Monte) will join L.A. County Federation of Labor Secretary General Maria Elena Durazo, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, and representatives from undocumented student, clergy and immigrants rights groups at a press conference tomorrow lauding the House’s historic passage Wednesday of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, and urging the Senate to act quickly to approve this important bill and get it to the President’s desk before the end of the current lame duck congressional session.
The event will include testimony in both English and Spanish from undocumented students that would be directly affected by this bill (H.R. 5281), as well as remarks from some of the most important labor and community leaders of the Los Angeles area.
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WHO: Rep. Judy Chu, D-El Monte
Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles (Invited)
Maria Elena Durazo, Secretary General, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO)
Arturo Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers (UFW)
Angelica Salas, Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
Cardinal Roger Mahoney, Archbishop, Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Invited)
Ernesto Zumaya, UCLA student, DREAM Team Los Angeles, Alliance of Dreams, UCLA
Javiera Infante, Valley College student, Dreamers Movement Union
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) (Invited)
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) (Invited)
WHAT: DREAM Act Press Confrerence
WHEN: Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, 10:00-10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, 2130 West James M. Wood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90006
VISUALS: Testimony from undocumented students, labor and clergy leaders, students with signs urging passage of DREAM Act.
PLEASE NOTE: Parking available in the L.A. County Fed’s parking lot. Overflow parking will be available down the street at the Agape Korean Church located at 933 Lake Street.
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