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Hakeem Jeffries is a member  of the [[Congressional Black Caucus]] for the 113th Congress:<ref>[http://cbc.fudge.house.gov/members/directory/ Congressional Black Caucus: ''Members''] (accessed on Feb. 24, 2011)</ref>
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==Immigration activism==
 
==Immigration activism==

Revision as of 05:45, 27 November 2013

Hakeem Jeffries

Template:TOCnestleft Hakeem Jeffries, entered Congress with the 2012 elections, as an (New York Democrat, District 8).

He is nephew of CUNY professor Leonard Jeffries.

WFP endorsement

With the help of several local unions, the Working Families Party of New York backed a candidate to challenge longtime Congressman Edolphus Towns (D-10th), whose district is in Brooklyn. Towns announced he would not seek a 16th term. He didn't say why, and one of his campaign strategists claimed "he would have won," but some political observers believe the congressman bowed out because he knew he couldn't beat two challengers.

“This is a guy who historically has always been pretty unresponsive to labor and his own constituents. He has a long record of being in bed with the tobacco companies," says WFP Co-Chair Bob Master, who is also political director of CWA District 1, which includes New York. "In recent years he hasn’t met a trade agreement he doesn’t like or support.”

WFP of New York, founded in 1998 with the support of some unions, endorsed New York State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries earlier in 2012. “Hakeem Jefferies is...a real champion on workers issues,” says Master. “The right wing is never afraid to take on Republicans that they are thinking are insufficiently devoted to the ultra-right wing agenda. Too often like we are willing to tolerate people that are barely with us...just because they have a big letter D at the end of their name.”[1]

Congressional Progressive Caucus

In January 2013, Hakeem Jeffries was listed as a new member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[2]

Congressional Black Caucus

Hakeem Jeffries is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 113th Congress:[3]

Immigration activism

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In early 2013, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., addressed a rally sponsored by the New York City Immigration Coalition.

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