Guest-worker/Bracero Programs are the Fancy of
the 1% and the Political Elite
Professor Gil Gonzalez
is absolutely correct in his observation regarding the legislation proposed in
2007 (not 2006) by Congressman Luis Gutierrez. The research and authorship he
has completed on the subject is highly respected and states the obvious. The
abuses have been thoroughly documented from the very beginning of the first
programs in the 1920s, then again in the 1940s (during WWII) until the demise
of the program in 1964 (the conclusion of which initiated a period of very
successful farmworker organizing by Cesar Chavez and the UFW, and others), and
the transition compromise (with organized labor, i.e., AFL-CIO) the H-2
agricultural visa program. In other words, a relatively small
bracero/guest-worker program exist to this very day, and yes, the Southern
Poverty Law Center has documented continued abuses of farmwokers under this
program. Obama and the "gang of 8" senators are proposing a new
guest-worker program, not just for agriculture though, although the president
does not highlight this aspect of his proposals in his laudatory rhetoric about
immigrants and the need for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). It's not a
very selling item, and only speaks to the needs of agricultural capital. The
liberal apologists of Obama will ignore this aspect of the proposals because it
overstates the obvious, that not everything is rosy and right with the CIR he
is proposing. The CIR that they (the political elite) constantly refer to is
not the demands of the people for LEGALIZATION FOR ALL and STOP THE
DEPORTATIONS OF OUR FAMILIES. By the end of this year 2013 the Obama
administration will have deported 2,000,000 people since he assumed the
presidency, and close to 2,500 deaths on the border, an average of 500 yearly.
Don't be fooled by the rhetoric. patricio.gomez93@yahoo.com.
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