juanita grew up in a family of migrant workers. she spent years working in the fields and with her parents she joined the united farmworkers. when i grew up, we didn t have water. caesar chavez was organizing. that s what cesar told us. at the end of the day, i have to go back to the california. who is going live without water. it s you. therefore, we re here to train you. my dad and my uncles and everybody got together, organized, and we they developed their own water system. that s the power of people. she s the executive director of lupe, a community group that began as a offshoot of uaw. we residents coming together every two years. many in the neighborhood have residential lightening.
boycott. i guess we can boycott the republican party. she blames house republicans for stone walling reform both in the halls of congress and back in their districts. in our case, congressman mccarthy, they have kept their doors locked so people can t go into talk to the congressmen. i m talking about locked for months at the time. it s totally that don t have documents. in the coming months kevin mccarthy and his party are likely to face even steeper stakes when it comes to immigration reform and immigrants themselves. irvis is part of the next generation of latinos fighting for change in the house. how surprised you re fighting for some of the same rights as juanita valdez-cox? so i ve been involved in the immigrant right movements for about eight years.