Cesar Chavez

Farm Workers Union Sues Border Patrol After Immigration Raids in California

A labor union representing farm workers that for more than a decade begged the Border Patrol to enforce immigration laws is now part of a lawsuit against the Border Patrol for doing just that. The lawsuit, filed by the United Farm Workers (UFW) and five Kern County residents, seeks to stop the Border Patrol from future enforcement actions that stop, arrest, and remove “community members” from the country.

Operation Return to Sender (U.S. Border Patrol/El Centro Sector)

San Diego Celebrates Illegal Immigration Opponent Cesar Chavez

California is one of a number of states, including Texas and Colorado, that mark the birthday of famed labor, civil rights and anti-illegal immigration activist Cesar Chavez as a state holiday. San Diego celebrated with reduced parking enforcement and closed administrative offices, while University of California San Diego continued a year-long celebration of the activist with, ironically, an illegal alien student event.

Cesar Chavez (Jay Galvin / Flickr / Creative Commons)