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Martin Heinrich: “The rich legacy of farm workers in building and sustaining…”

Featuring: Martin Heinrich, Democratic | U.S. Senate New Mexico

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Cornyn Torches Dem Senator for Blocking Bill to Defund the César E. Chávez National Monument

Published | Video Starts at 06:52

This includes incorporating the stories of Filipino Americans in California, whose long history of advocacy and activism for farm workers rights deserves to be remembered and lifted up. The rich legacy of farm workers in building and sustaining this country is proof that a national monument dedicated to their story and their movement for fair labor practices should persist. The question is, what should happen to this monument? What should happen to it next should include input from survivors and from other Americans involved in the farm workers movement. (06:52–07:06)

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Asserts that the legacy of farm workers justifies the continuation of a national monument dedicated to their story and movement.

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