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<p><strong>PHOENIX</strong><strong>, Ariz.</strong> — A new set of far-reaching anti-immigrant measures passed by an Arizona State Appropriations Committee early this morning has human rights activists and health care professionals contemplating civil disobedience.</p>
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<p> Sheer desperation forced Jose Hidalgo to join a class-action lawsuit filed last week in Alameda County Superior Court, challenging Cali-fornia’s approval of the cancer-causing strawberry fumigant, methyl iodide.</p>
<p> “I like my job, but I am afraid of what it is doing to my health,” the 35-year-old Mexican immigrant said in Spanish in a telephone interview translated by his Salinas-based attorney, Michael Marsh.</p>
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<p> While the criminalization of undocumented people in Arizona continues to draw headlines, the actual punishment of workers because of their immigration status has become an increasingly bitter fact of life across the country. The number of workplace raids carried out by the Obama administration is staggering. Tens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of workers have been fired for not having papers.</p>
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<p> Sprouting up in the Rio Grande Valley, a new organization seeks to reshape the production, distribution and consumption of food. Called La Semilla Food Center, the New Mexico-based project intends not only to grow and sell organic food, but also expose youth to new careers, inspire value-added industries, get locally-grown produce into large institutions, spin-off small businesses, and encourage nutritional awareness.</p>
Commentary: By The Rev. David L. Ostendorf After twenty-one years of Read more…
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<p> Forty years ago, workers in the United States won a great victory.</p>
<p> On July 29, 1970, the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) ended its successful grape boycott when the growers agreed to sign the first contract with the union.</p>
<p> It seemed like an improbable outcome, as the battle pitted a mostly Mexican as well as Filipino immigrant work force against powerful agricultural growers in California.</p>
¡No Se Deje! Lic. Jess J. Araujo El Gobernador Republicano Arnold Read more…
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