United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Immigration News
- 04/16/2013 Statement by the President on Commonsense Immigration Reform
- 04/16/2013 New York Times: Immigration Overhaul Proposal Is Likely to Ignite Fierce Debate
- 04/15/2013 Marketplace: Farmers, unions balance economic interests for immigration deal
- 04/15/2013 New York Times: Rubio Offers Full-Throated Support for Immigration Bill
- 04/13/2013 NPR: Immigration Debate Puts Farm Workers Union In Spotlight (includes audio)
- 04/12/2013 United Farm Workers endorse bipartisan immigration reform plan with critical protections for U.S. agricultural workers
- 04/12/2013 Politico: Business, labor reach foreign farm workers visa deal
- 04/11/2013 Reuters: Senators aim to unveil immigration bill Tuesday
- 04/11/2013 Los Angeles Times: Immigration bill clears hurdle on farmworkers
- 04/10/2013 New York Times: Senate Talks on Farmworker Program Inch Forward
- 04/10/2013 KPCC (CA): Deal reached on migrant farm workers?
- 04/09/2013 Los Angeles Times: Immigration talks bog down over numbers
- 04/09/2013 Huffington Post: Gang Of Eight: Immigration Deal Is Close
- 04/09/2013 La Prensa Grafica: Iniciativa de inmigración prevé programa jornalero
- 04/09/2013 The Sacramento Bee: Senator – Tentative deal on immigration ag workers
- 04/08/2013 New York Times: Senate Talks on Farmworker Program Inch Forward
- 04/05/2013 San Jose Mercury News (CA): Immigration talks between California farm groups hit impasse
- 04/05/2013 The Guardian: Only full immigration reform can do justice to the memory of Cesar Chavez
- 04/04/2013 ABC 23 (CA): AP Stylebook drops the term “illegal immigrant” to describe a person
- 04/03/2013 Washington Post: Senate immigration bill would set up a new permanent agriculture worker program
- 04/02/2013 Fronteras: At Cesar Chavez Day March, Labor’s New Stance On Immigration
- 04/02/2013 ‘Illegal immigrant’ no more
- 04/01/2013 Huffington Post: Farm Workers Celebrate Cesar Chavez Day By Marching and Lobbying for a New Immigration Process (blog by Arturo Rodriguez)
- 04/01/2013 Farm workers and their families travel to Washington D.C. to support immigration reform effort
- 03/29/2013 Houston Chronicle: César Chávez’s legacy is a lesson in guidance, leadership