Thread: Colbert to report on immigration to Congress

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Colbert to report on immigration to Congress
by KTAR.com
(September 22nd, 2010 @ 2:24pm) Policy >> Comments:10

Stephen Colbert makes light of national issues on his show, 'The Colbert Report', which airs on Comedy Central.

Now, however, he will be taking his views to Congress, as he's been asked to testify about immigration, according to The Huffington Post.


Colbert will be appearing with United Farm Workers (UFW) President Arturo S. Rodriguez before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. In August, the comedian spent a day working at a corn and vegetable farm in New York state after Rodriguez appeared on his show to discuss UFW's "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
The idea was to look into the theory that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs away from legal American citizens, with a job offer from the UFW for any citizen to work in agriculture.


According to a UFW press release, since the effort launched, "more than three million people have visited the campaign web site, www.takeourjobs.org. Of those visitors, 8,600 have expressed an interest in seeking employment as farm workers. Despite the numbers, only seven people have taken the UFW up on its offer to take a job in agriculture."
Colbert's appearance will follow a Thursday visit by agricultural workers who are lobbying for the AgJOBS bill, which would allow undocumented farm workers in the U.S. to earn legal status by continuing to work in agriculture.

Check out the original interview with United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez on the Colbert Report:




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Comedians addressing Congress, that's nothing new.

al franken? hes a real barrel of monkeys. :P