UFW: U.S. Citinzenship Act the ‘dawn of a new day’

by the El Reportero’s wire services
UFW Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres and United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero responded to introduction of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Rep. Bob Menendez (DNJ), a sweeping immigration bill that would create a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country including farm workers and Dreamers. “We are encouraged by this important step toward fulfilling the promises President Biden made on Inauguration Day,” said President of the United Farm Workers Teresa Romero. “We look forward to Congress continuing the work to rebuild what is broken and to blaze a path forward.” “It’s the dawn of a new day,” said UFW Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres. “The transformative immigration bill put forward by the Biden administration recognizes the humanity and contributions of immigrants — and is the result of decades of determination by immigrants fighting for their right to remain home in the U.S. We are at a promising, turning point in America, making it more important than ever to keep striving forward.” Bolivia returns $350 million to IMF after ‘ir
regular and onerous’ loan LA PAZ — Bolivia´s central bank said on Wednesday it returned a loan of nearly $346.7 million dollars, plus interest, to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid unnecessarily saddling its economy with debt. The loan was approved last year by the interim government of Jeanine Anez, which argued the funds were a necessary shot-in
the-arm following a political crisis that had led to the resignation of longtime leftist leader Evo Morales. “This loan, in addition to being irregular and onerous due to financial conditions, generated … millions in costs to the Bolivian state,” the bank said in a statement. Bolivia is among the poorest nations in Latin America and has been particularly hardhit by the coronavirus crisis in recent months. The central bank returned $351.5 million to the IMF, which included $4.7 million in interest and commissions. The bank also said it would begin administrative, civil and criminal actions against those responsible for negotiating the loan with the IMF. (Reporting by Danny Ramos, writing by Dave Sherwood, editing by Chris Reese)