Yesterday I attended a meeting in the Grand Junction City Council Auditorium that was sponsored by Reforming Immigration for America and CIRC. The meeting was organized by people who worked on Obama’s campaign, and who wanted to remind him that Latinos voted for him. Now they want him to honor his promise to support comprehensive immigration reform. This is a federal issue that will never be decided in Denver, but I was there to show support for the people who work in this valley to put food on our table.
The room was filled to capacity. In fact, more people attended this meeting than attended the WCCA candidates-forum-to-which-I-was-not-invited. The only gringos in the room were Gary Harmon of the Sentinel, his photographer, the reporters from each of the local TV stations, Mark Harris of Grand Valley Hybrids, a union organizer, and me. Mark Harris hires immigrant workers, and sees immigration reform as both a moral issue and a national security issue. Just as we need independence from foreign oil, we need to have a secure food supply.
The group handed a representative from Senator Bennet’s office thousands of signatures, representing current and future votes. Neither Udall’s office nor Salazar’s office sent a representative. None of the three GOP candidates for House District 54 attended, despite one of them being a local peach farmer. The number of people in the room told me that candidates for office in House District 54 can’t afford to ignore these voters.
Homework:
http://actions.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/t/5354/thankYou.jsp
http://www.coloradoimmigrant.org/
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/25/polis.immigration/index.html
http://www.denverpost.com/localpolitics/ci_14361901
The room was filled to capacity. In fact, more people attended this meeting than attended the WCCA candidates-forum-to-which-I-was-not-invited. The only gringos in the room were Gary Harmon of the Sentinel, his photographer, the reporters from each of the local TV stations, Mark Harris of Grand Valley Hybrids, a union organizer, and me. Mark Harris hires immigrant workers, and sees immigration reform as both a moral issue and a national security issue. Just as we need independence from foreign oil, we need to have a secure food supply.
The group handed a representative from Senator Bennet’s office thousands of signatures, representing current and future votes. Neither Udall’s office nor Salazar’s office sent a representative. None of the three GOP candidates for House District 54 attended, despite one of them being a local peach farmer. The number of people in the room told me that candidates for office in House District 54 can’t afford to ignore these voters.
Homework:
http://actions.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/t/5354/thankYou.jsp
http://www.coloradoimmigrant.org/
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/25/polis.immigration/index.html
http://www.denverpost.com/localpolitics/ci_14361901
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