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DESCRIPTION:4/10 Sac Press Conf:Ex-Braceros Demand Justice; Oppose New Guest Worker 
 Program In Current Immigration Reform Talks\nPress Advisory\n9 April 
 2013\nWHO: Association of Braceros of Northern California\nWHAT: Press 
 Conference marking the delivery of petitions from former Braceros – 
 Mexican guest workers who toiled on U.S. farms and in manufacturing from 
 1942 to 1964 – and a nationwide rally in support of comprehensive 
 immigration reform, but opposing another guest worker program.\nWHERE: 
 Consulate General of Mexico, 2093 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834\nWHEN: 
 11:30 am. Wednesday, April 10, 2013\nCONTACT: Luis Magaña, (209) 405-1213; 
 lmagana(at)afsc.org\n\nEX-BRACEROS DEMAND JUSTICE; OPPOSE NEW GUEST WORKER 
 PROGRAM IN CURRENT IMMIGRATION REFORM TALKS\n\nSacramento, CA (4/9/13) – 
 Members of the Association of Braceros of Northern California – many of 
 them former migrant farmworkers -- will stage a protest and petition the 
 Mexican Consul in Sacramento on Wednesday, April 10, demanding that 
 Mexico’s new government fulfill a promise to return funds withheld from 
 wages of thousands of Mexican laborers who toiled as guest workers on farms 
 and in factories in the United States.\nThe new administration of Mexican 
 President Enrique Peña Nieto earlier this year froze funds the government 
 had promised to workers who participated in the labor treaty between the 
 U.S. and Mexico, commonly known as the Bracero Program. The move stunned 
 former braceros from Northern California who had struggled in court for 
 almost a decade before finally winning a promise of a refund from the 
 Mexican government. The money was deducted from paychecks of workers and 
 was supposed to support savings accounts for the laborers. Most of the 
 money went missing, however, or was used for other purposes by the Mexican 
 government.\nThe aging former braceros, many of whom now live in the 
 Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, on Wednesday will also launch a 
 campaign to oppose a new guest worker program that is expected to be part 
 of the comprehensive immigration reform package being negotiated by 
 lawmakers in Washington, D.C. “There appear to be plans for the 
 resurgence of modern slavery, as part of an immigration proposal, while the 
 two countries ignore the unresolved injustices committed against us,” 
 said Sotero O. Cervantes of 92 years and former bracero of Stockton\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/04/09/18734994.php
SUMMARY:Sac Press Conf: Ex-Braceros Demand Justice; Oppose New Guest Worker Program In Current
LOCATION:The Association of Braceros of Northern California is having a press 
 conference in Sacramento to announce their opposition to a new "guest 
 worker" program that will lead to massive exploitation of migrant workers 
 similar to previous Bracero Programs.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/04/09/18734994.php
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