After lengthy discussions and an hour-long interview with Hillary Clinton, the United Farm Workers board endorsed the former secretary of state for president. In a statement, UFW president Arturo Rodriguez said Clinton is the most-experienced candidate in recent years and “is the best equipped to defeat the nativist, hateful forces of the current Republican front-runner.”
“Hillary Clinton has consistently stood with farm workers and immigrants, fought on behalf of and voted for comprehensive immigration reform, repeatedly sponsored the UFW-negotiated AgJobs legislation as a senator, supported farm workers in their fights for union contracts and worked to end discrimination against them,” said Rodriguez in a statement from the UFW headquarters in California.
The AgJobs package included a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants working in agriculture. A version of it was included in the immigration reform bill that passed the Senate but died in the House without a vote in 2014.