Chavez earned many titles in his life, but "champion of immigrants" was not one of them. He was primarily a labor leader who was concerned about illegal immigrants undercutting union members, either by accepting lower wages or crossing picket lines. He never pretended to be anything else, and he resisted attempts by others to widen his agenda. When he pulled workers out of the field during a strike, the last thing he wanted was to see a crew of illegal immigrant workers take away his leverage.
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And this is the person Obama is honoring today with a national monument? One immigration hardliner paying his respects to another. I guess, in some perverse way, that makes sense. But it won’t make most Latino voters any more enthusiastic about re-electing Barack Obama.
At this point, they aren't even trying anymore.
I thought it was Hugo, not Ceaser?
Fact check: it is Cesar Chavez
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-joe-biden-replace-bust-winston-churchill-hugo-chavez-1563851
Didn't even hear he had a bust of Chavez. Doesn't surprise, actually.
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