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Immigration Reform (2006)
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11/23/06 New California Media: Immigration Reform Gains Momentum
05/10/2006 UFW & coalitions that organized rural May 1 protests unveil lobbying drive to enact genuine immigration reform
11/14/06 Time Magazine: Places For Progress
Photos from 5/1/06 Bakersfield event
09/27/2006 Associated Press: Border crackdown, high wages elsewhere means farm-worker shortage
Photos from 5/1/06 McAllen TX event
09/22/2006 New York Times: Pickers Are Few, and Growers Blame Congress
Photos from 5/1/06 Fresno event
09/03/2006 Los Angeles Times: Farm Labor Bill Spreads Seeds of Dissent
Photos from 5/1/06 Palm Springs event
05/17/06 Scripps Howard News Service
Senate makes progress on immigration bill
Photos from 5/1/06 Los Angeles event
05/17/06 KGET
National Lobby Day brings UFW postcard campaign
Photos from 5/1/06 Phoenix event
05/11/2006 Bakersfield Californian: UFW plan: Flood Congress with 1 million postcards
Photos from 5/1/06 Oxnard event
05/11/2006 The Monitor (TX): Local officials encouraging activity in immigration reform
Photos from 5/1/06 Santa Rosa event
05/11/2006 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: UFW joins fray on immigration
Photos from 5/1/06 Salinas event
05/11/2006 Monterey Herald: Immigrant allies plan next push
Photos from 5/1/06 Yakima WA event
05/11/2006 Ventura County Star: Immigration rights activists call for postcards to Congress
05/01/2006: Much of California's fresh fruit and vegetable harvest is shut down today
05/11/2006 Santa Cruz Sentinal: UFW takes part in national campaign to raise 1 million cards
04/30/2006: Something big happening in Salinas Valley Monday
05/08/2006 Modesto Bee: Could protets be birth of new social crusade?
05/01/06: Eight-station, three-state Radio Campesina Network drops ads for all-day coverage of immigrant rights events across U.S. & Mexico
05/02/2006 Time Magazine: A Day Without Immigrants: Making a Statement
05/01/2006: Tens of thousands of farm workers join UFW-organized immigrant rights events in six California farm regions and in Texas
05/02/2006 KBAK (video): Was the National Day of Action a success? Local organizers are happy with the outcome
04/23/2006: Thousands from Arvin to Fresno mark Cesar Chavez's passing while marching for immigrants' rights in Bakersfield
05/02/2006 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Political protest makes history
Photos from 4/23/06 Bakersfield event
05/02/06: San Luis Obispo Tribune: Locally, boycott hurts schools and businesses
04/10/2006: Big turnout of farm workers, students & activists march for immigration reform on a national day of action by Latinos
05/02/2006 Bakersfield Californian: 'A day without immigrants'
04/10/2006: Muchos campesinos, estudiantes, y activistas marchan para reforma de inmigración durante un día nacional de acción por Latinos
05/02/2006 Associated Press: Immigrants show off their clout
Photos from 4/10/06 Bakersfield event
05/02/2006 Associated Press:
Immigrants boycott in their own ways
Photos from 4/10/06 Santa Rosa, National Day Action for Immigrants Rights
05/02/2006 Porterville Recorder: Thousands march for migrants
04/09/2006: Big turnout of farm workers will march for immigration reform & Cesar Chavez in Oxnard as Senate debates UFW bill
05/02/2006 El Universal: Estiman en 200 mdd pérdidas por boicot de migrantes en LA
04/09/2006 Mucha gente incluendo campesinos y estudiantes marcharon para la reforma de inmigración y Cesar Chavez en Oxnard en cuando el U.S. Senate debate la cuenta de UFW
05/02/2006 Talahassee Democrat (Video): Supporters of a national trend rally in Quincy, FL
04/02/2006 Thousands of farm workers march for immigration reform and Cesar Chavez in Salinas as Senate set to debate UFW bill
05/02/2006 Talahassee Democrat: Immigrants in Quincy join protests
Photos from 4/02/06 Salinas Immigration march in honor of Cesar Chavez
05/02/2006 Seattle Times: Yakima rally invokes history of immigrant movement
3/30/2006: Summary of AgJOBS: Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act of 2006
05/02/2006 La Jornada: Realizan migrantes una de las mayores jornadas de protesta en la historia de EU
3/30/2006: The Status of AgJOBS: Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act of 2006
05/02/2006 Monterey Herald: Growers see workers' viewpoint
3/30/2006: Sen. Isakson's and Sen. Chambliss's Immigration Proposals Are the Worst of All Worlds in Immigration Policy: Cheap, Exploitable Foreign Labor
05/02/2006 San Francisco Chronicle: Huge crowd marches through L.A.
3/29/06: Farm Worker Justice Fund Update regarding AgJobs
05/02/2006 Fresno Bee: Valley farms, factories, restaurants lose workers
3/28/2006 UFW: 'El único genuino solución a una problema serio'
05/02/2006 Bay City News Service: Bay Area Farms Take Big Hit From Monday Boycott
3/27/06: UFW: 'The only genuine solution to a serious problem': Statement by UFW President Arturo Rodriguez
05/02/2006 The Daily News (WA): Thousands march in Washington for immigrant rights
3/27/06: Farm Worker Justice Fund Update regarding AgJobs
05/02/2006 Ventura County Star: Thousands rally locally
3/27/06: Letter from UFW President Arturo Rodriguez to Judiciary Committee in support of Se. Feinstein's compromise ammendment
05/02/2006 Monterey Herald: THOUSANDS RALLY FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
03/26/2006 Farm workers at Cesar Chavez rally & Mass Sunday in L.A. to spread the word across Calif. about immigration reform
05/01/2006 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Photo Gallery, Immigration Rally May 1, 2006
03/26/2006 Campesinos de Cesar Chavez rally y Misa el domingo en Los Angeles para extender la palabra a través de California sobre reforma de inmigración
05/01/2006 Associated Press:
California gets taste of life without immigrant workers
3/26/06: Arturo Rodriguez speaks at Immigration rally and Cesar Chavez mass (video)
05/01/2006 AP Video:
Cities and Businesses Feel Protest Impact
3/26/06: Photos from the Cesar Chavez Immigration Rally
05/01/2006 Bakersfield Californian:
Thousands rally at Beach Park
3/26/06: Santa Rosa Cesar Chavez Immigration March
05/01/2006 KBAK (video): Thousands jam Beach Park for May Day Boycott and rally
05/01/06: KGET (video): "National Day of Action" in Kern County
05/01/2006 Reuters:
Farm workers leave 'America's Salad Bowl' empty
05/01/2006 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Throngs converge; few objectors
05/01/2006 Ventura County Star:
Immigration protests begin
UFW President Arturo Rodriguez being interviewed by Spanish-language television news after the news conference unveiling the bill.
