UNIONS LEADERS SUPPORT AMNESTY FOR IMMIGRANTS.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. labor leaders have joined in support of a sweeping bill that would give amnesty to an estimated 6 million illegal immigrants, one-third of them living in the Los Angeles area. ``This legislation is intended to give hard-working immigrants a chance to stay in this country as legal residents,'' Eliseo Medina Eliseo Medina (born 1946) is a labor activist who, in 2007, is involved in proposals for U.S. national immigration reform. Medina, born in Huanusco, Zacatecas, Mexico, the son of a Bracero, had been a farm worker in Delano since completing the 8th grade. , executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, said Wednesday. ``The immigrants who work hard to build this country should also be able to share equally in its prosperity.'' The bill would grant amnesty to undocumented workers who have been in the country since 1996, and allow those who entered the country through Tuesday to apply for amnesty in five years - about 6 million people, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS . The legislation was introduced by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., who is chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' Task Force on Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. . A coalition of labor unions and civil rights organizations held press conferences in 15 cities across the country Wednesday to support the U.S. Employee Family Unity and Legalization LEGALIZATION. The act of making lawful. 2. By legalization, is also understood the act by which a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be lawfully read in evidence. Vide Authentication. Act. The bill's introduction comes a week before President Bush travels to Mexico to visit with President Vicente Fox. Fox has said he will ask Bush to give amnesty to Mexicans already living and working in the U.S. Before leaving office last month, President Clinton tried unsuccessfully to pass similar provisions, as similar bills never garnered widespread support. The Gutierrez measure could run into the same trouble. ``It's a reward to illegal immigrants and doesn't solve anything,'' said Diana Hull, president of Californians for Population Stabilization, a Los Angeles-based group against population growth. ``This sends the message that you can come to the country illegally and then be legalized,'' she said. ``California can't take too much more.'' Arturo Rodriguez, the president of United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of , which represents agricultural laborers, argued that the American economy has a history of depending on immigrant labor resources. ``Feeding American families and those throughout the world has been done by immigrant families,'' he said. |
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