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===Immigration===

===Immigration===

Velesquez, [[Maxine Waters]] and [[Alcee  Hastings]] were arrested and handcuffed in May 1994, in front of the [[White House]] in a protest against the [[Clinton administration]] policy of forcibly returning [[Haiti]]an refugees.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-06/news/mn-54547_1_haitian-refugees Lawmakers Protesting Haitian Repatriation Arrested], LA Times, May 06, 1994]</ref>

Velesquez, [[Maxine Waters]] and [[Alcee  Hastings]] were arrested and handcuffed in May 1994, in front of the [[White House]] in a protest against the [[Clinton administration]] policy of forcibly returning [[Haiti]]an refugees.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-06/news/mn-54547_1_haitian-refugees Lawmakers Protesting Haitian Repatriation Arrested], LA Times, May 06, 1994</ref>

===NAFTA===

===NAFTA===

In 1995, [[Nancy Pelosi]], Velasquez, Bernie Sanders, [[David Bonior]], [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], [[Cynthia McKinney]], Maurice Hinchey, Major Owens, [[John Conyers]], [[Bob Filner]], Alcee Hastings, [[Lane Evans]], [[Edolphus Towns]], [[Jim McDermott]], supported [[DSA]] Rep. [[Ron Dellums]]' "Living Wage, Jobs for all Act."  

In 1995, [[Nancy Pelosi]], Velasquez, Bernie Sanders, [[David Bonior]], [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], [[Cynthia McKinney]], Maurice Hinchey, Major Owens, [[John Conyers]], [[Bob Filner]], Alcee Hastings, [[Lane Evans]], [[Edolphus Towns]], [[Jim McDermott]], supported [[DSA]] Rep. [[Ron Dellums]]' "Living Wage, Jobs for all Act."  

In 1997 Rep. [[Matthew Martinez]] of [[California]] introduced the "Martinez Public Works Jobs Bill" at the the request of the Los Angeles Labor Coalition for Public Works Jobs. The leaders of the Coalition and its only affiliate, the New York Coalition for Public Works Jobs, are all members and supporters of the Communist Party USA. The bill had 33 original co-sponsors, including Velasquez.  

In 1997 Rep. [[Matthew Martinez]] of [[California]] introduced the "Martinez Public Works Jobs Bill" at the request of the Los Angeles Labor Coalition for Public Works Jobs. The leaders of the Coalition and its only affiliate, the New York Coalition for Public Works Jobs, are all members and supporters of the Communist Party USA. The bill had 33 original co-sponsors, including Velasquez.  

:''This is the most significant jobs legislation introduced in Congress since [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] established the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA). This bill is the [[WPA]]-type program for today.''<ref>[http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45b/085.html The Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1997 (H.R. 950)], from the New York State Communist Party email list 16 March 1997, accessed  June 14, 2010.</ref>

:''This is the most significant jobs legislation introduced in Congress since [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] established the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA). This bill is the [[WPA]]-type program for today.''<ref>[http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45b/085.html The Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1997 (H.R. 950)], from the New York State Communist Party email list 16 March 1997, accessed  June 14, 2010.</ref>