Ruben Navarrette Jr (CNN) says that Obama’s move was a mistake. Chavez and the UFW were totally against illegal immigrants.
Obama hits a foul by honoring Cesar Chavez
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/08/opinion/navarrette-chavez-obama/index.html
Full disclosure, I used to work for Chavez in the early days ((late 1969 - early 70's) and have been amazed at the internal contradictions. The Union movement finally failed, partly BECAUSE they were legalized by the CALRA (ask me why sometime for a long explanation) -- but the Chavez Family machine goes on, headed up by Paul Chavez, Artie Rodriguez, and a true pro-abortion pro-illegals mega-wicked witch, Dolores Huerta -- the whole shebang is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trotskyite wing of the Democratic Party. It's rather sickening..