{"id":17427,"date":"2017-06-01T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=17427"},"modified":"2017-06-06T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:48:37","slug":"uusjs-immigration-task-group-takes-positions-immigration-related-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/uusjs-immigration-task-group-takes-positions-immigration-related-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"UUSJ&#8217;s Immigration Task Group takes positions on immigration-related bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>UUSJ signed onto a letter asking Senators to co-sponsor the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017, at the invitation of Farmworker Justice. The bill provides a one-time opportunity for experienced agricultural workers to apply for legal status. The bill is framed as a bridge until comprehensive reform can be enacted, and will provided needed legal status for farmworkers to help stabilize the agricultural economy and protect farmworker families. Also, UUSJ&#8217;s Immigration Task Group is taking a position opposing three immigration-related bills that support punitive enforcement, mass detention and deportation. If you are interested in learning more or joining the advocacy effort please contact Dean Wanderer at <a href=\"mailto:deanwanderer@verizon.net\">deanwanderer@verizon.net<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UUSJ signed onto a letter asking Senators to co-sponsor the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017, at the invitation of Farmworker Justice. The bill provides a one-time opportunity for experienced agricultural workers to apply for legal status. The bill is framed as a bridge until comprehensive reform can be enacted, and will provided needed legal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/uusjs-immigration-task-group-takes-positions-immigration-related-bills\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UUSJ&#8217;s Immigration Task Group takes positions on immigration-related bills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration","category-news","category-uusj-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17428,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17427\/revisions\/17428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}