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Settle the Garcia Hispanic Farmers' Lawsuit

Settle the Garcia Hispanic Farmers' Lawsuit

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Started by Anonymous 17 years ago
President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Phone: (202) 456-1414 Fax: (202) 456-2461 Email: [email protected] Re: Petition to Settle the Garcia Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit Dear President Obama, Hispanic farmers need your urgent assistance. On August 4, 2009 Judge Robertson, from the D.C. District Court, held a status conference hearing with our representatives and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) attorneys who represent the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). During this conference the DOJ attorneys said that they have no interest whatsoever in settling this lawsuit. We do not understand why the USDA is refusing to settle the Hispanic farmers lawsuit after it already gave over a billion dollars to black farmers who experienced the exact same discrimination that we have at the hands of USDA. This discrimination is well known and admitted by USDA and has been the subject of numerous congressional reports and hearings. We were very pleased to see your acknowledgment of USDA’s discriminatory practices when you recently announced that black farmers would receive another 1.25 billion as compensation for their discrimination. We are very disappointed that your administration is ignoring the needs of Hispanic farmers. This is unacceptable. We, the undersigned, call on you and your administration to enter into good faith negotiations with Garcia class counsel to resolve the Garcia v. Vilsack lawsuit in an expeditious and just manner, consistent with the Section 14011 in the 2008 Farm Bill. Estimado Presidente Obama, Los agricultores Hispánicos necesitan su ayuda urgente. El 4 de agosto de 2009 el Juez Robertson, del Tribunal de Distrito del DC, tuvo una audiencia con nuestros representantes y los Abogados del Departamento de Justicia (“DOJ”) que representan el Departamento de Agricultura de Los Estados Unidos (“USDA”). Durante esta audiencia, los abogados del Departamento de Justicia dijeron que no tienen ningún interés en encontrar una solución de esta demanda. No entendemos por qué el USDA se niega a resolver el pleito de los agricultores hispánicos después de que ya dio más de un billón de dólares a los agricultores negros que sufrieron la misma discriminación que los hispánicos en las manos de USDA. Esta discriminación es bien conocida y admitida por el USDA y ha sido el tema de numerosos informes y audiencias del Congreso. Estábamos muy contentos de ver a su reconocimiento de las prácticas discriminatorias del USDA cuando anunció recientemente que los agricultores negros recibirían otros 1,25 billones como compensación por su discriminación. Estamos muy decepcionados de que su administración está ignorando las necesidades de los agricultores hispánicos. Esto es inaceptable. Nosotros, los abajo firmantes, pedimos a usted y su administración a entrar en negociaciones de buena fe con los abogados de la clase de García para resolver el pleito de García v. Vilsack en una manera rápida y justa, de conformidad con la Sección 14011 de la Ley Agrícola de 2008.

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September 19, 2009

I honestly never thought this would gain so much speed and honestly it is just overwhelming to see people finally noticing how unfair this whole situation is for these farmers. It keeps hitting me that people far away actually care about this so I am just going to keep pushing forward even though my head is spinning a bit.

6 Comments

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David Jenkins
16 years ago Featured

Ridiculous that they have to beg for what they deserve. Seen this happen to too many families already.

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Robert Hale
16 years ago Featured

My grandfather was a farmer and he saw this crap first hand. Treat these guys with some respect ffs.

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Jose Saunders
16 years ago Featured

Why the double standard?? Fairness for everyone not just some. These people worked hard and got cheated by the system. Fix it now.

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Elena Jackson
16 years ago Featured

UNACCEPTABLE!!!!! USDA needs to stop the discrimination against hispanic farmers immediately. Enough is enough.

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Maria Nair
16 years ago Featured

This has been going on way too long. Just pay them what they are owed and stop the stalling tactics. It really isnt that hard to do the right thing.

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Sarah Guerrero
16 years ago Featured

Equal treatment please. If one group gets paid then all should get paid. Dont ignore the hispanic farmers.

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