Keene, CA – On Wednesday, June 12, the United Farm Workers (UFW) and sister organizations, UFW Foundation and Campesina Radio Network, along with local partners, will be announcing plans to mobilize thousands of farm workers and supporters within the next three weeks in support of the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill. The UFW will be making the announcement at press conferences in Salinas, Bakersfield and Fresno in California and Hermiston in Oregon.
The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) was introduced by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The proposal calls for a roadmap to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the country and includes special agricultural provisions, negotiated by the United Farm Workers, major grower associations, and Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Rubio and Bennet.
The U.S. Senate floor started debating the immigration reform bill this week, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) expects to have a vote on the final passage of the bill before the July 4 recess.
Bakersfield, CA
Who: Kern Coalition for Citizenship- workers, students, families. Speakers will include labor representatives, community leaders and students.
When: 10:30a.m., Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Where: Liberty Bell, outside Kern County Superior Court House
1415 Truxtun Ave (corner of N. Chester Ave.), Bakersfield, CA 93301
Fresno, CA
Who: Antonio Cortes, UFW Representative; Clarita Cortes, UFW Foundation Outreach Coordinator, Father Antonio Castañeda from St. James Cathedral. Farmworker Pablo Arellanes and student Isis Puente, along with other families and immigration advocates.
When: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Where: UFW Foundation Office
2409 Merced St., Suite 103, Fresno, CA 93721
Salinas, CA
Who: UFW & UFW Foundation members, students, and families in collaboration with Coalition for Immigration Reform – Central Coast. Speakers: Armando Elenes, UFW National Vice President; Jesus Valenzuela, UFW Foundation Outreach Coordinator; students, families and immigration advocates
When: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Where: UFW Foundation Office in Salinas
427 Pajaro Street., Suite 3, Salinas, CA 93901
Hermiston, OR
Who: UFW members, workers and families. Speakers: Jorge Valenzuela, UFW Regional Director
When: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Where: UFW Office – 220 SW 11th St. Hermiston, OR. 97838
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