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Farmers Oppose Bill That Force Them to E-Verify Workers

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Farmers Oppose Bill That Forces E-Verification of Migrant Workers

By Amaris Castillo | 08/01/2011 - 12:45 | 0 Comments

Farmers are strongly opposed to a new bill that would require them to verify the immigration status of their workers. According to The New York Times, the bill proposed by Representative Lamar Smith...

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United Farm Workers Founder Richard Chavez Dead at 81

By Adriana Rivera | 07/28/2011 - 14:45 | 0 Comments

Richard Chavez, one of the founders of the United Farm Workers (UFW), died Wednesday at the age of 81 due to complications from surgery at Bakersfield Hospital.

Chavez was born in November 1929 at his family’s farm near Yuma, Ariz. And became a migrant farm worker during the Great Depression. In the early 1960s, he left farm work to...

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Interview with an Icon: Dolores Huerta on Cesar Chavez

By Angie Romero | 09/02/2010 - 12:00 | 1 Comment

As the President of The Dolores Huerta Foundation and Co-founder of United Farm Workers of America along with Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta is a living legend. She is treasured by the Latino community, but she is also internationally recognized for her role in promoting social justice. We chatted with her...