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Cesar Chavez elevated to anti-illegal immigration hero

By Paul Bedard
Published March 26, 2018 2:16pm ET
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Cesar Chavez elevated to anti-illegal immigration hero
America’s most famous champion of immigrant labor, the late Cesar Chavez, is the focus of a new campaign: Fighting illegal immigration. The labor chief who fought for migrants picking grapes and lettuce in the 1960s and 1970s and against importing illegals to replace them is being elevated as the face of National Border Security Day. […]

America’s most famous champion of immigrant labor, the late Cesar Chavez, is the focus of a new campaign: Fighting illegal immigration.

The labor chief who fought for migrants picking grapes and lettuce in the 1960s and 1970s and against importing illegals to replace them is being elevated as the face of National Border Security Day.

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