FARMWORKER JUSTICE NEWS

Volume 17, No. 1 Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. Summer 2004

FARMWORKER IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION BUILDS MOMENTUM press time. Most observers believe By Bruce Goldstein AgJOBS as an amendment to a piece of legislation that would be likely to that a large majority of House mem- At press time, coalition supporting pass on the Senate floor. Opposition bers would support AgJOBS if given the compromise farmworker immigra- by Senator Saxby Chambliss (R.-Ga.), the chance to vote on the proposal tion legislation known as “AgJOBS” who chairs the immigration subcom- (H.R. 3142). Rep. Chris Cannon (R.- (S. 1645) had made great progress. mittee, and who has introduced his Utah), Rep. Howard Berman (D.- As of June 4, in the Senate there were own harsh version of H-2A guest- Calif.) and Rep. Ciro Rodriguez 63 cosponsors, including 26 worker program “reform,” has been an (chair of the Congressional Hispanic Republicans, which means that there obstacle to consideration of the bill. Caucus) introduced legislation in the is strong enough support to overcome But few Senators are likely to oppose House. However, immigration any efforts at a filibuster. Few pieces the legislation during a vote. restrictionists holding key positions of power in the House, in the form of of legislation will pass the Senate at The strategy was to obtain a vote in committee and subcommittee chairs, this stage of an election year, but the Senate, building momentum with oppose AgJOBS despite the broad efforts were underway by the chief a large Senate majority supporting coalition of business, labor, civil sponsors, Sen. Larry Craig (R.- AgJOBS, and then move on to the rights, Latino, farmworker, religious Idaho), and Sen. Edward Kennedy House of Representatives. In the and other groups supporting the bill. (D.-Mass.), to consider adding House, there were 107 cosponsors at Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert supports the bill. FARMWORKER ADVOCATES USE Continued on Page 6 CONGRESS AND COURTS TO AFFECT W h a t ’ s PESTICIDE POLICY I n s i d e . . . Congress and the courts for some By Shelley Davis relief. FJF STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ...... 2 With an estimated 10,000-20,000 FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR FJF ...... 2 In a legislative victory borne of com- farmworkers suffering from acute pes- BRIDGING BORDERS CONFERENCE ...... 3 promise, the Farmworker Justice Fund ticide poisonings each year and many PROMOTORA: JUANITA GENIS STEWART ...... 4 (FJF), the Natural Resources Defense more enduring the chronic effects of LIFE AND HEALTH IN ZACATECAS ...... 4 Council (NRDC), Protected Harvest such toxic exposure, pesticide-related MAJOR GIFTS CAMPAIGN ...... 5 illnesses continue to be one of the and other environmental, health and labor groups joined forces with HIV PREVENTION COMMUNITY FORUM ...... 6 chief occupational hazards facing 2004 FJF AWARD ...... 7 farmworkers. In recent months, farm- Croplife America and other industry worker advocates have turned to representatives to gain passage of the Continued on Page 3 FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR FJF’S IMMIGRATION WORK: ENDING AN ERA, BEGINNING A NEW ONE against the government and private gram in the early 1960’s and has long By Bruce Goldstein employers regarding the H-2A guest- supported civil rights advocacy. His The Farmworker Justice Fund has been worker program has often been aided knowledge has been a valuable supported for many years by the by the Rosenberg Foundation’s gener- resource to the staff of the Rosenberg Foundation, which is based ous support. FJF’s ability to serve as a Farmworker Justice Fund. We cannot in San Francisco and maintains a spe- national resource on these issues has express adequately in words our deep cial focus on rural . FJF’s been founded largely upon the appreciation to Kirke Wilson for his Guestworker Project has been recog- Rosenberg Foundation’s support. support and his guidance. We wish nized by the Rosenberg Foundation as him well and hope that he will con- The President of the Rosenberg especially important to California tinue to be available to help us on Foundation, Kirke Wilson, recently farmworkers. The Foundation’s Board occasion. We also express our thanks announced that he will retire after of Directors has supported our efforts to senior program officer Ellen thirty years of service to that organi- to educate the public and policymak- Widess, for her dedication to FJF’s mission. We are presently in the mid- dle of a two-year grant of $140,000 We cannot express adequately in words our per year from the Rosenberg deep appreciation to Foundation for our immigration poli- Kirke Wilson for his support and his guidance. cy work; it is a major grant that pro- foundly enables us to carry out our work on behalf of the nation’s farm- zation. Kirke has special expertise in ers about the problems of guestworker workers. Thanks, Kirke. programs and the need for extending farmworkers, rural communities and true immigration status to undocu- immigration policy. He participated In a new development, our immigra- mented workers. Our litigation in the struggle to end the Bracero pro- tion work now has the support of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. We recently received a one-year grant Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. of $75,000 from the Haas, Jr. Fund. BOARD OF RAMON RAMIREZ MYRTELINA GONZALEZ Bruce Goldstein and Virginia Ruiz DIRECTORS: Oregon Director of Training will carry out most of the work on the CATALINA BROYLES VIRGINIA RUIZ grant, which includes preparing and DOMINGO GONZALEZ, Arizona Staff Attorney disseminating educational materials Chair GRIZELLE APODACA JUAN HERNANDEZ on major immigration policy propos- Arizona Capacity Building Assistance als that affect low-wage workers. We HUMBERTO FUENTES MOISES LOZA Coordinator Idaho thank the Board of Directors of the Washington, D.C. STEVEN D. DIAZ Fund, as well as our program officer, GENE ORTEGA KATHY L. KRIEGER AIDS Specialist New Mexico Henry Der. Washington, D.C. GRACY OLMEDA-RUIZ ED FEIGEN IRMA FLORES GONZALEZ Office Manager The new grant could have not have Washington, D.C. New Mexico LORNA N. BÁEZ come at a better time; the immigra- CARMEN GRANADOS Administrative Assistant tion debate on farmworkers is in full Wisconsin FJF STAFF: JAMES B. LEONARD swing and a broader debate about JACK GALLON Volunteer Attorney (part time) federal immigration policy has just Ohio BRUCE GOLDSTEIN Co-Executive Director Part-time Assistants begun again. With additional MARCOS CAMACHO resources, we can win even greater California SHELLEY DAVIS AMY CAVAZOS Co-Executive Director AMY LUBRANO successes for farmworkers and other low-wage immigrant workers.

Page 2 Farmworker Justice News · Vol. 17, No.1 · Summer 2004 PEER EDUCATORS FROM U.S. AND MEXICO GATHER AT BRIDGING BORDERS TO PREVENT AIDS CONFERENCE Rosario Alberro of By Shelley Davis CMHI, an HIV pre- One hundred and thirteen promo- vention skit by pro- tores de salud (community health motores de salud educators), outreach workers, and from Organización AIDS specialists gathered in McAllen, en California de TX from March 5-7, 2004, for the Lideres Campesinas, first annual Bridging Borders to and a description of Prevent AIDS Conference. The par- the Mexican Social ticipants came from ten Mexican and Security’s rural pro- 12 U.S. states. The purpose of this motores de salud event was to: (1) form linkages program by Gilda between groups in the two countries Nina Montero of which provide HIV/AIDS prevention Programa IMSS Conference participants discuss the effects of contaminated drinking water on their health services to migrant farmworkers and Oportunidades Instituto Mexicano get to know each other and begin their families; and (2) to strengthen del Seguro Social (IMSS). The work- identifying ways in which they could the skills of these peer educators. The shops covered a wide range of topics collaborate. conference was hosted by the including popular tech- By the close of the conference, 25 Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. (FJF), niques such as the use of theater and groups had signed Memoranda of and co-sponsored by the California- the creation of a fotonovela (comic Agreements to establish collaborative Mexico Health Initiative, University book style pamphlet with a health relationships. These agreements will of California, Office of the President message). Overall, the workshops initiate bi-national exchanges of of Berkeley, California (CMHI); addressed sexuality and culture, information, educational materials Compañeros of Ciudad Juarez, homophobia and stigma, counseling and training. The overwhelming Mexico; Migrant Health Promotion and testing, prevention with posi- majority of conference participants of Relampago, TX; SISEX of Mexico tives, etc. The final session was devot- praised the event and underscored City, Mexico; Valley AIDS Council of ed to regional meetings, which their support for future bi-national McAllen, TX; and the U.S. Mexico enabled groups in both countries to collaborations. Border Health Association of El Paso, TX. Support for the event was pro- vided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), PESTICIDE POLICY Continued from Page 1 CMHI, and the U.S. Mexico Border Health Commission. Pesticide Registration Improvement reporting system, to increase funding Act (PRIA). This legislation increases for farmworker safety training, and to The program was divided into three the fees that a pesticide manufacturer create a right-to-know program for parts: plenary sessions, workshops, must pay to the EPA to obtain a agricultural workers. By requiring and regional network meetings. license to sell its products. As part of hazard communication in agriculture, Highlights of the plenary sessions the PRIA, a fund was created of the EPA would be fulfilling a promise included a personal account of a approximately $1 million per year for it made to farmworkers over a decade Mexican immigrant in the U.S. who five years to enhance farmworker pro- ago. Such a program would inform became infected and is living with tection activities. Advocates are urg- agricultural workers of the health HIV/AIDS, a discussion of the bi- ing EPA to use these resources to hazards they face from exposure to national character of the epidemic establish a national pesticide incident the specific pesticides used at their and bi-national efforts to combat it job sites. among migrants and their families by Continued on Page 8

Farmworker Justice News · Vol. 17, No.1 · Summer 2004 Page 3 SPOTLIGHT ON PROMOTORES: JUANITA GENIS STEWART

By Virginia Ruiz Juanita is a natural community organ- believes that she has a duty to help izer and health promoter. She takes build leadership within her communi- Juanita Genis Stewart is a community great pleasure in working with others ty, especially among women and organizer and coordinator of Poder in her community to address its Latino youth. In addition to coordinat- de La Mujer (Women’s Power), a proj- needs. Realizing that one person act- ing FJF’s projects for Las Americas, ect of Las Americas Immigrant ing alone will make a small impact, Juanita also provides support and refer- Advocacy Center in El Paso, Texas. she involves as many people in a proj- rals for Latinas in El Paso who have Since 2000, Juanita has helped ect as she can. In this way, she been victims of domestic violence. FJF to coordinate its HIV/AIDS believes that not only will more get Juanita has made a great difference in prevention and done, but people will take a greater the lives of many farmworkers and their environmental ownership of the project, and will families, and we appreciate her sinceri- health projects become motivated to take on their ty and hard work. Mil gracias, Juanita! and to super- own community projects. Juanita vise groups of promotores de salud in the El IFE AND EALTH IN THE ACATECAN Paso area. In L H Z this capacity, DESERT she helps the Juanita Genis Stewart whistles and kicks up a small dust promotores to By Steven Diaz gather materials and prepare their cloud that makes us all cover our eyes The temperature outside was 37ÔC, presentations to farmworkers and in anticipation of the sand pellets which is about 98ÔF, and we are sit- other low-income community groups. that will attempt to invade our eyes. ting under the morning sun listening Thanks to Juanita’s efforts, FJF promo- The people in this community are all to a presentation about community tores have provided outreach on very warm and welcoming and look health services in a remote area of these issues to thousands of border at us eagerly as visitors seldom heark- the desert in the State of Zacatecas residents. These promotores have a en their doorsteps. After a tour of the in Mexico. The presenter talks about strong presence in the El Paso-Ciudad 4-room rural health clinic, we walked the Promotores health system while Juarez sister city area, and are often to the next town over and shared a donkey can be heard complaining invited to present at health fairs, in the delicacies of desert food in the background as it is being schools, and community groups. FJF Mexican style. We had different types hooked on to a wagon. The wind promotores also provide outreach to of cacti and desert flowers and fruits. farmworkers in the pecan orchards The local communi- and the onion and chili fields of Texas ty in our honor pre- and New Mexico. Juanita has been pared the food. Alas, instrumental in developing networks this was day four of of service providers and community- an exchange trip based organizations in HIV/AIDS and between Promotores environmental health outreach and in California and services. Network partners include Mexico, and we still the Texas Department of Health, the had a few more com- University of Texas in El Paso, local munities to visit in health clinics and hospitals, and the coming days. Latino community-based organiza- The purpose of this tions. trip was to promote Steve Diaz with the people of La Cardona, Zacatecas, Mexico Continued on Page 5

Page 4 Farmworker Justice News · Vol. 17, No.1 · Summer 2004 Major Gifts Campaign Launched

help from volunteer attorney (and major donor) James By Bruce Goldstein Leonard. We are seeking additional volunteers for the major The Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. has grown during the last gifts campaign and we thank Joseph Fortuna, M.D. and several years with the support of individuals and organiza- David Damian Figueroa (a former farmworker who is now tions but the demands on our organization exceed our an executive with the AARP) for agreeing to advise us. resources. FJF now employs eight full-time staff and a volun- teer part-time attorney, plus interns, and part-time assistants, In the initial stages of the major gifts campaign we have but it is clearly not enough. We have tremendous expertise received several donations (which are tax-deductible to and energy. But we need additional resources to succeed in the full extent of the law, as FJF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit our mission. We are especially seeking funding for our high- organization): ly-regarded advocacy and education on farmworker immigra- Marcos Camacho, Law Offices of Marcos Camacho tion policy, labor law protections, and pesticide safety, all of French American Charitable Trust which helps empower farmworkers to improve their working and living conditions. Robert Fabia and Kathy Aram Lawrence and Suzanne Hess The FJF Board of Directors decided to respond to these chal- lenges by moving forward on a “major gifts campaign.” Most James B. Leonard and Joan S. Leonard of FJF’s one million dollar plus budget is raised from grants at William Lucco, Lucco & Brown foundations and government agencies. We also conduct an Robin Talbert and Bruce Goldstein annual giving campaign and at least two special events per We seek additional volunteers for this campaign. year that raise funds. However, most giving to nonprofit Contact Bruce Goldstein at FJF, [email protected] or organizations comes from individuals. The major gifts cam- 202-783-2628, or James Leonard at (703) 533-0756, or paign is a critically-important method of tapping into the [email protected]. If you can make a major donation, resources that are available from individuals. you may write a check to the Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Our goal is to expand our group of major donors and raise 1010 Vermont Ave., N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. $100,000 during the year 2004. The Board of Directors 20005. You may also donate online using a credit defined as a “major gift” a donation of $1,000 or more. A card, by going to www.fwjustice.org and clicking on pledge of $1,000 to be paid in installments during a calen- the Network for Good icon or the PayPal icon. We dar/fiscal year also is a “major gift.” will contact you to thank you for your donation, and unless Several Board members and other friends of FJF have volun- you indicate otherwise, we will thank you in our written teered to help us reach out to individual people and business- materials, too. With your major gifts, we can help farmwork- es who support FJF’s mission and may be in a financial posi- ers win major improvements in government policies and tion to make a donation of $1,000 or more. FJF Board mem- employer practices that result in major advances in farmwork- bers Jack Gallon, Grizelle Apodaca, and Irma Flores Gonzales ers’ immigration status, labor law protections, and occupa- have agreed to take the lead on this important activity with tional safety related to toxic pesticides.

LIFE AND HEALTH IN THE ZACATECAN DESERT Continued from Page 4 an exchange of information between exchange by the Mexican health community-based facilities of health. Promotores in Mexico and the US department in reciprocity of their This experience was an exchange in from April 23 through May1, 2004. invitation to participate in the the true sense of the word as in each The exchange was co-sponsored by Promotores Binational Conference in stop I was asked questions about the the California-Mexico Health March 2004. The exchange partici- health system and the living condi- Initiative and the Mexican Institute of pants were divided into small groups tions of migrants in the US, while at Social Security. Twenty-eight to visit different service areas in rural the same time I had the privilege of Promotores, mainly from California, Mexico. I was invited to go to sharing in a culture of beautiful and attended the exchange. Farmworker Zacatecas and toured regional and giving people. Justice Fund was invited to attend the

Farmworker Justice News · Vol. 17, No.1 · Summer 2004 Page 5 HIV PREVENTION COMMUNITY FORUM Latino culture, outreach with the ipants to actively network with peers By Juan Hernandez migrant community, and programs and facilitators to initiate potential that work. At each workshop, speak- regional or area specific coalitions. Health departments and community- ers shared practical ways in which based organizations across North We received fantastic feedback about health departments and community- Carolina and South Carolina have the community forum. One partici- based organizations could better increasingly begun to grasp the pant recently wrote, “The forum held serve the migrant farmworker com- importance of conducting HIV pre- in Florence, S.C. has motivated us to munity members. For many, this ventive work with the rapidly grow- expand our HIV Education and test- forum provided an introduction to ing migrant farmworker population in ing during our summer Migrant key methods and highlighted and their communities. Health Program. We have already addressed common issues of HIV started testing and will offer it rightly In response to their request for help, Prevention among the migrant farm- in our special Farmworker Clinic”. Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. collabo- worker communities. There was a rated with Rural Opportunity, Inc. special emphasis to encourage partic- and United Migrant Opportunities Services to organize a community forum to facilitate awareness for cultur- FARMWORKER IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION al issues, trust building, crafting cre- Continued from Page 1 ative and effective collaborations, and During a major “week of action” on TY, BENEFITS AND SECURITY outreach programs that work with the AgJOBS in March, when hundreds of ACT OF 2003 (AgJOBS) is available migrant farmworker population. Congressional offices were visited by on our website, www.fwjustice.org, On February 5, 2004, we hosted a two- activists, Sen. Larry Craig said, at a under “legislative updates” and at the day forum in Florence, South Carolina. press conference, that he believed the United Farm Workers of America The forum, “HIV Prevention Among President would sign the AgJOBS leg- website, www.ufw.org. Migrant Communities in the States of islation if it passes Congress. During For the few readers of this newsletter North Carolina and South Carolina” a hearing in the Senate foreign rela- who are not familiar with the AgJOBS brought together 59 representatives tions committee, Sen. Craig submit- proposal, here is a brief summary of belonging to North and South ted a letter in support of AgJOBS the compromise that was forged after Carolina health departments, commu- signed by over 400 organizations years of conflict and negotiations nity based organizations, health clin- from all over the country and from all among growers, farmworkers, ics, and farmworker groups. sectors, including such groups as the Republicans, Democrats, and many United Farm Workers, the Farm The forum was the first of its kind in others. The compromise contains Bureau, the U.S. Chamber of South Carolina and North Carolina two major parts: (1) a legalization Commerce, the AFL-CIO, the focusing on HIV prevention and the program that allows undocumented National Council of La Raza, and of migrant farmworker communities. farmworkers who have been working course the Farmworker Justice Fund. Keynote speakers Genova McFadden in American agriculture to apply for This brief article cannot do justice to of the South Carolina Department of temporary immigration status and the efforts of hundreds of organiza- Health and Environmental Control gain permanent immigration status tions around the country that are sup- and Stephanie Triantafillou of the upon completing a multi-year agricul- porting farmworkers by promoting North Carolina Community Health tural work requirement, with the right passage of AgJOBS. FJF thanks every- Center Association began the forum of their spouses and children to one for their help in this important by highlighting the living conditions become immigrants once the farm- campaign. A lot more needs to be many migrant farmworker families worker becomes a permanent resident done, especially in the House of endure and the risks the migrant com- immigrant, and (2) revisions to the H- Representatives. munity face for HIV. 2A agricultural guestworker program More information about the AGRI- that streamline the process by reduc- The community forum featured three CULTURAL JOBS, OPPORTUNI- workshops on migrant culture within Continued on Page 8

Page 6 Farmworker Justice News · Vol. 17, No.1 · Summer 2004 2004 Farmworker Justice Awardee: Maria Echaveste Rodriguez; Representative Howard L. Berman; and By Bruce Goldstein Representative Robert Menendez. he 2004 Farmworker Justice Award was presented to Maria Echaveste on May 4, 2004 at a reception We appreciate the financial support of the event sponsors T at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, who made the reception possible and advance our work on DC. Rep. Howard Berman helped FJF present the award. behalf of farmworkers. Thank you to our Sponsors: Maria Echaveste, the Presenting Sponsor daughter of farmwork- AARP ers, has served as Benefactor Deputy Chief of Staff to International Brotherhood of Teamsters President , Director of the White Patrons House Office of Public James & Hoffman, P.C. Liaison, and James B. Leonard and Joan S. Leonard Administrator of the National Council of La Raza Wage and Hour Division National Legal Aid and Defender Association of the U.S. Department of Special Friends Labor. In those roles she AFSCME has been a successful Representative Howard Berman advocate for farmwork- Maria Echaveste, receiving Farmworker Rick Swartz & Associates, Inc. ers. Maria, currently a Justice Award Wilmer Cutler Pickering, LLP partner in a firm she founded called the Nueva Vista Group, in Washington, DC, has been representing the United Farm Sponsors Workers. FJF has been collaborating with Maria on advo- Alice Clapman cacy and education for farmworker policy issues. In addition, Carolyn J. Jacobson Maria has helped FJF by serving as chair of the FJF Advisory Cecilia Muñoz and Amit Council. Pandya The Award Committee this year included: Baldemar Gallon & Takacs Co., Velasquez, President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee; Raúl L.P.A. Yzaguirre, President, National Council of La Raza; Arturo S. Laurence H. Tribe Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, AFL- Mike Hancock CIO; Joe Hansen, National Association of International President, Community Health United Food and Centers Commercial Workers National Hispanic International Union, AFL- Medical Association CIO; Senator Edward M. National Women’s Law Maria Echaveste with FJF’s Shelley Davis and Bruce Goldstein Kennedy; Representative Center Joe Baca; Representative Rural Opportunities, Inc. Raúl Grijalva; Sara Campos and Brad Seligman Representative Janice D. United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. Schakowsky; Representative Lucille Special Thanks to the AFL-CIO for Hosting the Roybal-Allard; Reception Representative Ed Pastor; Thanks to St. Supery Vineyards & Winery for donating wine Rep. Howard Berman, discussing Maria’s Representative Hilda produced by unionized farm workers in the Napa Valley of contributions Solis; Representative Ciro California.

Farmworker Justice News · Vol. 17, No.1 · Summer 2004 Page 7 PESTICIDE POLICY Continued from Page 3 FJF, NRDC and Earthjustice have also though it found that they pose “risks and children. In this action, farm- filed a pair of lawsuits against EPA. of concern” because it concluded that worker, environmental and health The first, UFW v. EPA, challenges the the benefits to growers outweigh the groups challenge EPA’s failure to pro- EPA’s decision to allow continued use risks to workers and their families. vide adequate margins of safety to of two highly toxic pesticides, which Funds to support this litigation have protect children and its refusal to were derived from nerve gas during been provided by the Impact Fund. assess the risks facing farmworker World War II and affect the brain and children and others living in rural The second case, NRDC v. EPA, seeks nervous system – guthion and phos- areas. A companion case, filed by to reverse the EPA’s failure to imple- met. The Agency refused to ban four state Attorneys General, also ment the safeguards contained in the these products (which are widely charges that the EPA has failed to Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), used on apples, pears, peaches, blue- enforce the FQPA’s protections for which are designed to protect infants berries, and other crops), even children.

FARMWORKER IMMIGRATION LEGISLATIONS Continued from Page 2 ing employer’s paperwork and time to enforce their H-2A rights in under the H-2A program and the frames for H-2A applications, modify federal court. compromise would allow hundreds of the wage-setting process, create thousands of undocumented farm- FJF strongly supports this compro- incentives for employers to negotiate workers to come out of the shadows mise because, despite significant con- in good faith with labor unions, and gain the freedom to demand bet- cessions on H-2A issues and the legal- and give the guestworkers the right ter wages and working conditions. ization program, there are advances

Author! Author!

ruce Goldstein published “Guest Worker Schemes and Broken Dreams: What’s Wrong with the Bush Immigration Plan,” a commentary in Dollars and Sense Magazine: The Magazine of B Economic Justice (Mar./Apr. 2004); and “Immigration Status for Migrant Farmworkers a Real Possibility,” in the National Legal Aid And Defender Association Update (Oct. 2003). An upcoming edition of Perspectives on Work, the journal of the Industrial Relations Research Association (Vol. 8 No. 1) will include an article entitled “Migrant Farmworkers at the Cutting Edge of Immigration Policy.”

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