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Iconic UFW figure to address Dems, DREAMers
San Antonio Express-News ^ | September 28, 2012 | Elaine Ayala

Posted on 09/28/2012 8:24:06 AM PDT by moonshinner_09

Dolores Huerta, the iconic figure who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with César Chávez, will be in San Antonio today for three events, addressing mostly Democrats and “DREAMers,” young immigrant rights activists working for passage of the DREAM Act.

Huerta said her message will be similar to what she has told generations of farm workers she helped organize for better wages, safe drinking water and toilets in the fields. The bottom line for all grass-roots organizers, she said, is “to engage in civic action, to get people to participate, to make democracy work.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; dreamact; immigration; texas
Background information-These really stood out..DOLORES HUERTA In a March 2008 speech in San Bernardino, California, Huerta, responding to opponents of illegal immigration to the United States, said: “We didn't cross the [U.S.-Mexico] border; the border crossed us.” She then proceeded to suggest that the issue of immigration-law enforcement was moot because the reconquista had already been completed. "It's really too late," Huerta explained. "If 47 million [Latinos] have one baby each, it's already won." -Fearless leader In May 2012, Huerta was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor a civilian can receive, by President Barack Obama.

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Check out pic 3 Dolores Huerta stands beside a painting of herself - @San Antonio Express-News

1 posted on 09/28/2012 8:24:12 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

*** “It’s really too late,” Huerta explained. “If 47 million [Latinos] have one baby each, it’s already won.”***

My Sister-in-law worked as a substitute teacher in the DFW area. One day while going to a class she heard some hispanic teachers talking and one said in a very loud voice...”WE ARE TAKING TEXAS BACK, ONE BABY AT A TIME!”


2 posted on 09/28/2012 8:48:08 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: moonshinner_09

‘Iconic’?

This Ayala broad sure is objective and unbiased in her reporting.

Huerta is a commie b!tch. That’s all she is.


3 posted on 09/28/2012 9:39:17 AM PDT by x1stcav (Breathe deep the gathering gloom.)
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