![]() It would let undocumented field workers-plus their immediate family members-in this country now earn the permanent legal right to stay by continuing to work in agriculture. House of Representatives to pass the historic Farm Workforce Modernization Act the UFW is sponsoring on a bipartisan vote-with 30 Republicans voting “yes.” This is first immigration bill for farm workers to pass the House in more than 30 years. The week before last, Areli helped us convince the U.S. Capitol-and now with the new Biden White House and administration. ![]() She advocates for farm workers, mostly at the U.S. Now she works with me as deputy political director for the United Farm Workers. Areli graduated from the University of Idaho in 2017. ![]() Her farm worker family spent a quarter century in Idaho agriculture. ![]() One of those CAMP graduates is Areli Arteaga. And many former CAMP students have gone on to offer the same opportunities to young women and men such as themselves-and to advance other worthy causes. The CAMP program can create a family away from home within the campus community. Those experiences probably helped prepare you to overcome obstacles to get here-obstacles you may continue facing in your studies and careers.įor many of you going to college is your first time away from home. Only a summer or two ago, many of you were out laboring in the fields with your families. I know most CAMP students in this region come from rural Idaho, Washington and Oregon. By offering insights about our activism with the movement, hopefully we can help many of you fashion your own advocacy around making genuine change happen for our people in Idaho and across the nation. Thank you for the privilege of sharing this evening with the CAMP program at the University of Idaho-about the journey undertaken by me and many others within our farm worker movement. ![]()
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