in august 1966 the national farm workers association and the agriculture organizing committee were merged to form the unitedafl cio. chavez is its director. >> if the establishment is powerful. the organized farm worker and his family is forced to fight on every field and in every orchard. they have to live with this. man has learned he cannot fight machines. they fight to improve their substandard way of life within a system that so far has given every advantage to those for whom they are forced to work. and they have learned the fight is part of the work. to the farm workers their wives and children and to all those who have joined them in their struggle, this film is dedicated. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span 3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span 3 created by america's cable television companies. and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span 3. and t

farm workers union. a company that i actually ran the election. begin the negotiations over 20 years ago and united farm workers has not been able to get a contract with that company and they prefer to spend millions of dollars literally millions of dollars to prevent workers from having a union contract and better wages better health conditions or pension plans for that and other those millions that they could have given to the workers directly in some of these benefits they use that money to buy unions and so the unions are really hamstrung right now what are the laws that would make it very simple for unions to get recognition would be to. have card check elections if the concha is signature would be good enough to be able to get recognition and if your signature is good enough to buy a house buy a car get married get a divorce. but then it should be good enough to be able to represent your union and not only that but like the current is in months or a living gets representation of the employer's interest of bond and. every legal option that they have to work from getting a contract and when we

accelerated path is for those who have temporary protected status who may be here working in the united states as farm workers or the so-called dreamers those people that were brought to the united states illegally as children have no memory of their country of origin and now in most cases are adults so these individuals would be given a green card of what's known as permanent residency that would allow for them to quickly become a u.s. citizen should they choose to do so last and to work it allows them to pay taxes and it also allows them to go to school in some cases but for the other individuals and we're talking about millions of people who are sort of living in the shadows in the united states they'll be brought into sort of mainstream united states culture in terms of the work environment school environment and in this sort of 2nd group of individuals what this means is they can request they won't be immediately deported they'll be on this 8 year pathway to citizenship and also they'll have to undergo a number of background checks security checks in order to make sure they are who they say they are now

farm workers will be receiving their covid-19 vaccine. the vaccination clinic will be at the monterey mushrooms facility it's in morgan hill representatives from the unitedrooms have partnered up with the county of santa clara for the clinic. shots will be given out today and then again on wednesday march, 3rd. >>happening tomorrow a call for more vaccines leaders from around san mateo county are set to hold a press conference monday highlighting their request for more vaccines from the state and the federal government this request comes as the east palo alto community continues to be a hotspot for the virus. for more information on the covid-19 vaccine, including where you can sign up for shots. we have links on our website just head to kron 4 dot com. >>some tense moments in the south bay after a suspicious device was left behind at the san jose bank following an attempted robbery. it happened around noon on france saturday, rather the device was left at the chase bank branch on saratoga avenue. the police bomb squad was called out to check out the device they rendered it safe. one suspect was arrested police have not yet released any other details abo

united states. but if you are a farm worker, your chances of getting covid are much higher than my chances as a member of congress. and yet a majority of those farm workers don't have their papers. a majority of them have been here more than ten years. so why should they be hiding out while picking our food? >> i do want tackle the border security issue. because i know the bill has aspects to targetd part of it u to patrol the borders. talk about that. >> well, we have spent more on border security than all other federal law enforcement efforts combined. i mean we have thrown money at it. and it hasn't really worked that well. what we haven't done is utilized technology successfully to prevent incursions between the ports of entry. you know, we want to have an orderly movement of people, a legal, orderly movement of people across our borders, north and south. and that's what this bill is all about, and making sure we have a law that works for the united states and then that we enforce the law. >> what about bringing family to the u.s.? that's been criticized a lot in the past of course by past adminis

united states. some individuals like farm workers, those with temporary protected status for human rights reasons and came to the u.s. as children have an expedited path immediately able to apply for green cards. this is looking to address some of the root causes of illegal immigration into the united states with $4 billion in investments for countries in central america to address some of the economic insecurity that is driving so many migrants up to the united states. and then there's also some effort to improve legal immigration procedures. remove something caps on family members and children of legal residents in the united states. enhancing technology and border security at border control areas. but there's not really a lot of funding for actual border security measures, which is something that republicans are likely to demand in exchange for many of the things president biden is asking for in this piece of legislation. but again, very, very steep climb for president biden to be able to get this through congress. and administration officials told me yesterday on a briefing call that, look, they

pay for taxes and other things that at times when the united states really needs it what they'll do is those that are working here as farm workers for example those with temporary protected status or even those who came as children are now adults only know the united states as their home country known as dreamers they would be given an automatic green card as it's called or permanent residency and the chance to kind of fast track for citizenship everybody else would then be given background checks would be given work permits and would also be able to request deportation relief now what's really important about all of this is that you have to have been here in the united states before january 1st of 2021 so this is not going to apply to people that are coming for example who are hearing this news thinking they'd like to cross the border and in fact the white house press secretary jim psaki talking about this and be very firm saying that the united states is not ready for a wave of people to come as a result of this legislation the infrastructure is not there the policy is not there what they're saying is that for those who have b

united states now. there would be a faster path for farm workers and for daca recipients brought here illegally by theiry have a number of things they want to accomplish. they want to allow children in central america to apply for asylum there than the united states. they want to stop using alien and using undocumented immigrants. i should say they're here without documentation. they also want to expand the diversity via the lottery system. this is something that president trump wanted to do away with and make it into more of a merit-based system. really, they're going back further, just undoing what trump did. this would be very progressive even in the obama era when it comes to immigration. right now, it's a wish list. it's a lot of what advocates have wanted that they're putting forward. like you said, it's a long road to see how any of this would get through in the end, especially when it comes to that pathway for citizenship, we are likely to see republicans mount a fierce defense when they see that as amnesty. >> on that note, if you can end it, how does the bill get through congress? there is no

pay for taxes and other things that at times when the united states really needs it what they'll do is those that are working here as farm workers for example those with temporary protected status or even those who came as children are now adults only know the united states as their home country known as dreamers they would be given an automatic green card as it's called or permanent residency and the chance to kind of fast track for citizenship everybody else would then be given background checks would be given work permits and would also be able to request deportation relief now what's really important about all of this is that you have to have been here in the united states before january 1st of 2021 so this is not going to apply to people that are coming for example who are hearing this news thinking they'd like to cross the border and in fact the white house press secretary gentz saki talking about this and be very firm saying that the united states is not ready for a wave of people to come as a result of this legislation the infrastructure is not there the policy is not there what they're saying is that for those who have

united states will not be repeated. >> sreenivasan: in one of the largest rallies to date, more than 100,000 farmers and farm workers assembleds northern punjab state today to protest new farm laws. prime minister narendra modi's government introduced the new laws last september, setting off a firestorm of protests throughout the country. the government insists the laws will liberalize the farm sector. critics say the laws will concentrate power in the hands of a few large corporations. the modi government has pledged to delay implementation of the new laws, but farmers unions vowed to continue fighting until they are completely rolled back. organizers are calling for a larger demonstration outside of delhnext weekend. serbia's novak djokovic won his ninth australian open men's singles tennis championship today, defeating russia's daniil medvedev in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. it was the 18th grand slam win for the number one seed, and the third year in a row that he has won the title at melbourne park. fourth ranked medvedev, who wo his past twelve matches against top-10 opponents, was aiming for his first major championsh

daca kids and refugees and farm workers who have a long history of working in the united states wouldpushed to the front of the line. >>> "the new york times" reports the pentagon waited until this week to ask the white house permission to promote two women to four-star general because military leaders worried president trump would have said no. president trump's former secretary of defense mark esper confirms that story. generals must be promoted with permission from both the white house and the senate. >>> congress will hold hearings over that gamestop debacle today. the ceos of reddit and trading app robinhood will testify along with a fellow who goes by the moniker roaring kitty. he encouraged people to buy gamestop shares. we'll talk about that as we talk about this a half hour. a person to watch here is maxine waters out of california. she will head the powerful committee that are asking these questions, the house financial services committee. she says she wants real change on wall street, but knows wall street is going to try to confound the issue with lots of terminology and c

seven cases of the h5n8 strain were detected in worker at a poultry farm in southern russia. >>> in the unitedination target date by a month saying every adult should get their first shot by july 31st. >>> in israel, the economy starting to reopen after a two month lockdown, prime minister netanyahu letting fully vaccinated people attend cultural events, fly internationally, eat at restaurants and use health clinics. >>> and in sicily, mount etna erupted for the fourth time in as many days this morning spewing lava and plumes of ash. aetna is one of the world's most active volcanos and a popular tourist test nation. >>> well, the chief of the united nations nuclear watchdog agency says iran will begin to offer u.n. inspectors less access to its nuclear program. this as tehran tries to pressure europe and the biden administration to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. president trump pulled the u.s. out of that deal in 2018. trey yingst has more on that from our mideast bureau. >> reporter: jon, good evening. iranian officials are halting plans to expel weapons inspectors from their country as a s

eight-year path to citizenship for immigrants who came to the united states before this l the refugees from war and natural disasters. plus farm workers get priority about 11 million in all. the bill has funding for more immigration judges to help clear the massive backlog of asylum seekers, some who have been waiting for years just for a hearing. it would also change the government's official term from alien to non-citizen immigrant rights activists note that the term alien is derogatory cnbc's kayla tausche this immigration bill is facing a real tall hill in congress, at least across washington. >> reporter: it is, shep the white house says that its early effort on immigration should signal it's a high priority and that the administration has a strategy other than not building a wall it's repeatedly declined to say whether it would need to do this through the reconciliation process. it requires no republicans to be on board with it even congressional democrats during the virtual rollout today said the legislative process for this is still up in the air. >> we are not foreclosing any pathway into which we can achieve robust immigrati

united states. the bill proposes an eight-year timeline to become a citizen, with special exemptions for farm workersthose here on humanitarian grounds, and immigrants who entered the u.s. illegally as children, allowing them to immediately apply for a green card. all immigrants must have entered the u.s. before january 1st of this year. the president's focus on immigration reform would fulfill a key campaign promise, but he'll face a tough fight from republicans on capitol hill to approve any legislation. biden administration officials say it will be up to congress to decide if they want to pass one comprehensive bill or split it into smaller pieces. a possibility the president hinted he's open to this week. >> if you had a refugee bill by itself, i'm not suggesting that, but there's things that i would deal by itself. but not at the expense of saying, i'm never going to do the other. there is a reasonable path to citizenship. >> reporter: biden delaying a tour of a pfizer manufacturing facility in michigan due to weather concerns, but in washington, the president is continuing to make the case for

does this well serve the united states of america and this bill solves a lot of problems that don't serve our country, for example, we all know that we are dependent on farm workers who are out there in the fields risking their lives, risking the contagion of covid so we can go to the supermarket and get fruit and vegetables, well, a majority of those farm workers have been here more than 10 years and the majority of them are undocumented. if we made them all leave we would not be finding fruits and vegetables in our supermarkets. so we need to have a way for people-- how does it serve the united states to not allow people who are working, serving our needs to get right with the law? it doesn't. we have a system now where husbands who are legal will be separated from their wives for years for no good reason. how does it serve the interest of the united states to separate american citizens from his wife for four or five, or 10 years waiting for an arbitrary number? this bill fixes that. how does it serve the united states to allocate visas based on the business side. people who have been approved for a visa, the screen is, you cannot be offered the visa unless you

so made even take a step further and say that the united farm workers conducted the most successful boycott in all of u.s. labor history since the beginning of this country. so again, it's really a landmark significant event on a national or even international scale. another takeaway that i want you to leave with tonight is you know this is the united states survey course, and if you think about everything that you've learned up until this point, much of it has been focused on the american south. right? we started off talking about the end of slavery. the reconstruction period. about how slaves or integrated as free men and free women into the society. we talk about northern industrialism but we haven't talked a lot about the american west. we talked a little bit about the conquest of the west. the incorporation of native americans into reservations. but we hadn't talked a lot about the american west so that's one way that i want you to think about tonight's lecture is that we're trying to integrate, we're trying to insert the american west into stories about the united states. in the 20th

. >> did you research the role that san antonio played in the united farm workers movement? >> to a limited degree. i did interview the head of the texas farm workers, and there's some information about him in the book, and i do deal in the book with the degree to which in both arizona and texas independent organizations formed and tried to function as unions and chavez basically sort of undercut them in a lot of ways by making sure that they didn't get funding. so there's a battle over -- there's a turf battle because he wanted to be the sole voice for farm workers. so ultimately, you know, the idea was that it would be a national union. that was the goal, but they could never effectively run california well enough to really expand and then kind of batted down the efforts that grew up in texas and in arizona. >> the texas farm workers had a hunger strike at the capitol back in 1978, and they also had a march to washington, which i believe you're familiar with, and at the time i remember speaking to antonio, and he said that they wanted to represent all farm workers both u.s.