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César Chávez and illegal immigration

The UFW during Chávez's tenure was committed to restricting immigration. César Chávez and Dolores Huerta fought the Bracero Program that existed from 1942 to 1964. Their opposition stemed from their belief that the program undermined U.S. workers and exploited the migrant workers. Their efforts contributed to Congress ending the bracero program in 1964. The UFW was one of the first labor unions to oppose employer sanctions — a federal law that made it illegal to hire illegal aliens in 1973. Later during the 1980s, still under the presidency of Chávez, Dolores Huerta, the cofounder of the UWF, was key in getting the amnesty provisions in the 1986 federal immigration act. [2].

In a few occasions, concerns that undocumented migrant labor would undermine UFW strike campaigns lead to a number of controversial events which the UFW describes as anti-strikebreaking events, but which have also been interpreted as being anti-illegal immigration. Concerns that undocumented labor would undermine UFW strike campaigns lead to a number of controversial events which the UFW describes as anti-strikebreaking events, but which have also been interpreted as being anti-illegal immigration. In 1969, Chávez and members of the UFW marched through the Imperial and Coachella Valleys to the border of Mexico to protest growers' use of illegal aliens as strikebreakers. Joining him on the march were both Reverend Ralph Abernathy and U.S. Senator Walter Mondale.[3] In its early years, Chávez and the UFW went so far as to report illegal aliens who served as strikebreaking replacement workers as well as those who refused to unionize to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.[4][5][6][7][8]

In 1973, the United Farm Workers set up a "wet line" to prevent Mexican immigrants from entering the United States to prevent them from breaking a strike.[9] During one such event in which Chávez was not involved, some UFW members under the guidance of Chávez's cousin Manuel physically attacked the strikebreakers, after attempts to peacefully convince the illegal aliens not to cross failed.[10][11][12]

Source wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ch%C3%A1vez

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It should now be obvious to ANYONE why the pro-illegal/pro-amnesty
La Raza crowd never quote Cesar Chavez. Mr. Chavez would have been on OUR SIDE!

It should now be obvious to ANYONE why the pro-illegal/pro-amnesty
La Raza crowd never quote Cesar Chavez. Mr. Chavez would have been on OUR SIDE!

True...but the idiot drunk, Teddie K...slipped up and quoted Chavez during one of his heated and shouting Senate diatribes trying to convince everyone of providing amnesty. I believe it was just before the first time cloture failed. I thought the old boy was going to blow up as he was self destructing.
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Originally Posted by Sam-I-am

César Chávez and illegal immigration

The UFW during Chávez's tenure was committed to restricting immigration. César Chávez and Dolores Huerta fought the Bracero Program that existed from 1942 to 1964. Their opposition stemed from their belief that the program undermined U.S. workers and exploited the migrant workers. Their efforts contributed to Congress ending the bracero program in 1964. The UFW was one of the first labor unions to oppose employer sanctions — a federal law that made it illegal to hire illegal aliens in 1973. Later during the 1980s, still under the presidency of Chávez, Dolores Huerta, the cofounder of the UWF, was key in getting the amnesty provisions in the 1986 federal immigration act. [2].

In a few occasions, concerns that undocumented migrant labor would undermine UFW strike campaigns lead to a number of controversial events which the UFW describes as anti-strikebreaking events, but which have also been interpreted as being anti-illegal immigration. Concerns that undocumented labor would undermine UFW strike campaigns lead to a number of controversial events which the UFW describes as anti-strikebreaking events, but which have also been interpreted as being anti-illegal immigration. In 1969, Chávez and members of the UFW marched through the Imperial and Coachella Valleys to the border of Mexico to protest growers' use of illegal aliens as strikebreakers. Joining him on the march were both Reverend Ralph Abernathy and U.S. Senator Walter Mondale.[3] In its early years, Chávez and the UFW went so far as to report illegal aliens who served as strikebreaking replacement workers as well as those who refused to unionize to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.[4][5][6][7][8]

In 1973, the United Farm Workers set up a "wet line" to prevent Mexican immigrants from entering the United States to prevent them from breaking a strike.[9] During one such event in which Chávez was not involved, some UFW members under the guidance of Chávez's cousin Manuel physically attacked the strikebreakers, after attempts to peacefully convince the illegal aliens not to cross failed.[10][11][12]

Source wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ch%C3%A1vez

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It should now be obvious to ANYONE why the pro-illegal/pro-amnesty
La Raza crowd never quote Cesar Chavez. Mr. Chavez would have been on OUR SIDE!

Isn't that bolded part kind of contradictory to the rest of the info? That's probably the only part the OBL quotes from

Originally Posted by iamtired23

Originally Posted by Sam-I-am

The UFW was one of the first labor unions to oppose employer sanctions — a federal law that made it illegal to hire illegal aliens in 1973. Later during the 1980s, still under the presidency of Chávez, Dolores Huerta, the cofounder of the UWF, was key in getting the amnesty provisions in the 1986 federal immigration act.

Isn't that bolded part kind of contradictory to the rest of the info? That's probably the only part the OBL quotes from

I thought that was Dolores Huerta, not Chavez.

Here's some more on Chavez:

I.
In his prime, Chavez fought constantly against illegal immigration. He frequently complained that the Immigration & Naturalization Service wasn't tough enough. When Chavez would lead a strike, the grower would send trucks across the Mexican border, load them up with scabs, and race back to the Central Valley in the dead of night. Chavez even offered his UFW staffers to the INS to serve as volunteer border guards to keep Mexicans from sneaking into California. As Ruben Navarrette Jr. reported in the Arizona Republic: (8/31/97)

"Cesar Chavez, a labor leader intent on protecting union membership, was as effective a surrogate for the INS as ever existed. Indeed, Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union he headed routinely reported, to the INS, for deportation, suspected illegal immigrants who served as strikebreakers or refused to unionize."

source: http://www.vdare.com/Sailer/la_causa_or_la_raza.htm

II.
Chavez’s essential problem was straight out of Econ 101, the law of supply and demand. He needed to limit the supply of labor in order to drive up wages. Just as American Federation of Labor founder Samuel Gompers, himself a Jewish immigrant, was one of the most influential voices calling for the successful immigration-restriction law of 1924, Chavez, during his effectual years, was a ferocious opponent of illegal immigration.

His success stemmed from the long-term decline in the farm labor supply. According to agricultural economist Philip L. Martin of the University of California, Davis, migrant farm workers in the U.S. numbered 2 million in the 1920s. Eisenhower cracked down on Mexican illegal immigrants, shipping one million home in 1954 alone. The famous 1960 “Harvest of Shameâ€

People who want to see the invasion successful, like Nancy Pelosi, are always invoking Farmworker's Union leader, Chavez...San Fran Nan, of course, fought long and hard--and successfully--to keep NoCals vineyards and wine-making industry union-free, as they remain today...indeed, it is against Cali state law to unionize in that industry...ONLY that industry. Funny, that.

In any case, Chavez and his people used to carry pocketsfull of dimes...from which literally, comes the phrase "drop a dime." They did this because when they would find an illegal taking what should've been a union field job from an American they would use a dime to call INS (or "la Migra!!!" a term which struck fear into the hearts of illegals back in the day) and turn them in. They also carried baseball bats which they used to um...persuade illegals to seek employment opportunities elsewhere.

But today, because Chavez has that "Hispanic" last name, those who want to destroy our country invoke it whenever they are speaking about those who just want to "make an honest living" stealing jobs from Americans and legal immigrants and residents, and also from migrant workers.

Tokie

Originally Posted by zeezil

It should now be obvious to ANYONE why the pro-illegal/pro-amnesty
La Raza crowd never quote Cesar Chavez. Mr. Chavez would have been on OUR SIDE!

True...but the idiot drunk, Teddie K...slipped up and quoted Chavez during one of his heated and shouting Senate diatribes trying to convince everyone of providing amnesty. I believe it was just before the first time cloture failed. I thought the old boy was going to blow up as he was self destructing.
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If I were a D, this guy would embarass me...oh, wait....I'd just be embarassed, anyway.

Every time he opens his liquored-up mouth, he screams. It'd be funny if he wasn't so powerful. He's like that dead comedian, Sam Kinneson...can't say five words without screaming.

It's okay for him, by the way. Nobody in his family is going to lose a job "Americans won't do!!!!!" to an illegal-made-a-dual-citizen in reward for comitting crimes in America.

But then, birds of a feather...Kennedy once drowned a girl. He sees nothing wrong with comitting crimes.

Tokie