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!