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UFW Chief: Obama Executive Action Will Help 250,000 Farm Workers

November 20,2014 –

Screen Shot 2014-11-20 at 6.43.52 AMAfter meeting with President Obama this week,United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez issued a statement detailing part of what  Obama is set to announce late  Thursday.

“We were pleased to learn from the President today that at least 250,000 farm workers (and at least 125,000 California farm workers) will be eligible for deportation relief under his executive action,” said Arturo Rodriguez, the president of United Farm Workers (UFW), in a statement Wednesday.

“The president committed to working with UFW to do everything possible to make sure that every farm worker who qualifies for the program gets enrolled, and we are prepared to work with him and Congress to finish the job by passing legislation that fully addresses this issue once and for all.”

Today’s meeting follows a mock Thanksgiving feast in front of the White House, in which farm workers from across the country presented an array of food items harvested and processed by immigrant workers.

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