Undocumented, Uninsured, and In Debt For Life

May 15, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Coachella Uninc, Health for All, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, New America Media, Ricardo Lara, SB 1005, United Farm Workers

[Translate]     Editor’s Note:  California Senator Ricardo Lara’s (D- Huntington Park/Long Beach) Health For all Bill (SB 1005) – it would make all Californians, regardless of immigration status, eligible to purchase insurance – advanced out of the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday, April 30, and will go to the Senate Appropriations Committee before being moved for a vote. 

Joaquin Magon: Why Citizenship?

April 15, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: citizenship, comprehensive immigration reform, diary of joaquin magon, Immigration Reform and Control Act, immigration standards, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, path to citizenship, United Farm Workers

[Translate]   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 31: Why Citizenship?   Citizenship is one of the most important rights in this country; so why is there talk of denying this to an entire population?

Magón: Chávez Film Shows Human Side of Farm Worker Movement

March 28, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez An American Hero, diary of joaquin magon, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, UFW, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Foundation

[Translate]   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 30: Living Unconquered   “César Chávez: An American Hero” opens in theaters today, bringing to the big screen the story of the beginning of the United Farm Workers.

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 3

October 30, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: college of the desert, comprehensive immigration reform, DACA, Deferred Action, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, desert mirage high school, DREAM Act, Dreamer Chronicles, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, S. 744, UFW, United Farm Workers

[Translate]   Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement.

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 2

October 15, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 540, Alma Torres, California Dream Act, Caravan for Citizenship, CIR, DACA, Deferred Action for Early Arrivals, DREAM Act, Dreamer Movement, DREAMers, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, UFW, UFW Foundation

[Translate]   Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement.

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1

October 7, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alma Torres, CA Dream Network, CHIRLA, comprehensive immigration reform, DACA, Diana Colin, DREAM Act, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, S. 744, UFW, UFW Foundation, United Farm Workers, Wise Up!

[Translate]     Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 27: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1   It was 2010 and the Immigration movement was at a crossroad— continue advocating for comprehensive immigration reform, or support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, legislation introduced earlier that year by Senator Durbin (D-IL) which would have benefited undocumented youth exclusively, which is the most common version known today (there was a version introduced in 2001 but that, for reasons I’m sure all of you know, failed in a wave of xenophobia and patriotism).

Magon: Five Generations of Sinaloa

August 27, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Caravan to Citizenship, Coachella, culiacan, Deferred Action, diary of joaquin magon, immigration reform, immigration story, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, S. 744, Salinas, Sinaloa, UFW

[Translate]   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 26:  Five Generations of Sinaloa   My great grandmother, Maria, never wrote anything down.

Magon: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield

August 19, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AgJobs, Bakersfield, Coachella, DREAM Act, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Kevin McCarthy, S. 744, S744, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, UFW Foundation

[Translate]     The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 25: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield   Bakersfield, CA –The movement for immigration reform brought over 1,000 supporters to Bakersfield last week to put public pressure on House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy – the new “whipping boy” on immigration as Politico newspaper has so dubbed him.

Commentary: Immigration Reform an Economic Issue

February 13, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: barack obama, Coachella Unincorporated, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, State of the Union, UFW

[Translate]     JESÚS E. VALENZUELA FÉLIX/Coachella Unincorporated   SALINAS, Calif. — Tuning in to Obama’s State of the Union address, I expected immigration reform to be a key issue — one that would take up a good chunk of his speech.