The United Steelworkers (USW) union is proud of its long history of fighting to preserve American jobs while at the same time supporting common sense immigration reform that protects the rights of individuals in accordance with the U.S. Constitution.

“The recent law passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed by Gov. Brewer is nothing more that a pitiful attempt to pander to those in the political spectrum who would have us believe that our nation’s economic troubles lie solely at the hands of undocumented workers,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard.

“Our country is in desperate need of immigration reform and the only way it can be done is to have it debated and passed in the U.S. Congress, not by 50 state legislatures,” he said ... more