In Peru things were different. If you went against the government, you could lose your job. You couldn't express yourself completely. In contrast, in this country you have freedom of expression.

These issues have basically been untouched in this area before. Why is this area the exception? We need to work on educating the public on the struggles of immigrants. We need employers to know what their workers go through just to get here. The plan is to unite everyone on this issue.

It is now apparent that the organizing efforts have reached beyond the Hispanic community and are now being supported by different communities such as the Anglo community, the African American community, the Asian community.

With the help of the area's professionals we're going to take the voice of this community even higher.

If you lose the school, you lose the lifeblood of the community. Families move here because we have a school. Without it, we could end up as a dormitory town, a retirement village, rather than the thriving community we are at the moment.

As a responsible government contractor we will work with the appropriate government agency,