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Immigration News
- 12/10/2008 News Release: UFW: LAST DITCH BID BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION WILL LOWER FARM WORKER WAGES AND HELP GROWERS REPLACE DOMESTIC WORKERS WITH FOREIGN LABORERS
- 10/26/2008 Sacramento Bee: My View: Better plan for guest workers, by UFW President Arturo S Rodriguez
- 10/16/2008 New York Times: Settlement Will Allow Thousands of Mexican Laborers in U.S. to Collect Back Pay
- 09/17/2008 Modesto Bee: ‘Okies’ and today’s farm labor: Some things don’t change
- 08/23/2008 Sacramento Bee: Legal guest workers sue contractor
- 07/31/2008 San Diego Union Tribune: Obama tells La Raza that immigration reform is a priority
- 07/08/2008 National Journal: Obama: Immigration Reform Will Be A Year One Priority
- 05/21/2008 Vida en el Valle: New measure could help maintain ag jobs
- 05/21/2008 Orlando Sentinel: Senate ready to consider farm guest-worker plan
- 05/17/2008 Ventura County Star: Farmworkers say proposed bill offers them hope
- 05/15/2008 News Release: Emergency Relief Act passes Senate Committee
- 02/15/2008 San Jose Mercury News: Farmworker plan attacked by all sides
- 02/11/2008 San Jose Mercury News: Editorial, AgJobs bill is the best way to ease farmworker shortage
- 02/07/2008 abc30.com: Proposed Change in the Guest Worker Program (includes video 1:52)
- 02/07/2008 The Monitor: A ‘Band-Aid’ – Changes proposed to guest worker program deemed inadequate
- 02/06/2008 News Release: Bush Administration H2A Proposal is Nothing More Than Gutting of Existing Worker Protections
- 02/06/2008 Los Angeles Times: Overhaul set for guest-worker plan
- 12/05/2007 News Release: UFW Responds to Chertoff’s Attack on “No Match” Rule
- 12/05/2007 News Release: UFW Responds to Chertoff’s Attack on “No Match” Rule (EN ESPANOL)
- 12/03/2007 Washington Post Editorial: Rot in the Fields – As farmworkers become scarcer, Congress dithers.
- 11/07/2007 News Release: STATEMENT FROM UFW PRESIDENT ARTURO RODRIGUEZ ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPT TO CHANGE H-2A GUESTWORKER RULES
- 11/07/2007 News Release: DECLARACIÓN del PRESIDENTE del UFW ARTURO RODRIGUEZ CON ADMINISTRACIÓN DE BUSH TRATANDO DE CAMBIAR LAS REGLAS DE TRABAJADOR H-2A
- 11/01/2007 Fresno Bee: Farm bill may boost guest workers
- 11/01/2007 Letter sent by Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Feinstein to President Bush and Secretary Chao, urging support for AgJOBS and objecting to plans to make anti-worker changes to the H-2A guestworker program.
- 10/31/2007 Seattle Times: Editorial – Dream deferred, Congress to blame