None of my union friends support amnesty, they know it does them no good.
I seldom fail to bring up a point going back to Ceasar Chavez and his unionization effort. Point first; Chavez saw illegal crews as competitition, undercutting his clout. Chavez could never have made the modest progress he did without the “grape boycott” from the liberal left.
Chavez would rat out a competing crew of “wetbacks”, a term Chavez was not too bashful to use, to the INS in a heartbeat. To Chavez, the distinction between legal/illegal was critical, he knew his LEGAL crews couldn’t compete.
If we are to honor Ceasar Chavez, let’s do it properly and make the distinction between legal and illegal immigrants.