On International Women’s Day hundreds of workers, day laborers, deliveristas, and organizers joined together and took the streets of New York City to say excluded no more! These Essential and Excluded Workers made their statement clear when they collectively shutdown NY City’s Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges during the morning rush hour to demand $3 billion…
Happening this Saturday, March 5th! Pasadena tenants, community members, and allies are walking together to spread awareness about the necessity to have rent control and to urge voters to vote in favor of renter protections for those currently feeling the economic inequality that has widen during this pandemic. We have situations where Pasadena renters have…
In 2019, over 680 factory workers in Central Mississippi were targeted during ICE raids conducted by former President Trump. To this day, these workers remain in limbo—in fear of deportation with some still detained—and many have been deported. Today, President Biden has the power to undo this harm by providing work authorizations to those workers…
In response to an unexpected statement from DHS Secretary Mayorkas calling upon local police to collaborate with immigration enforcement agents, Chris Newman issued the following statement on behalf of NDLON
Today the Senate Parliamentarian issued a third opinion that the U.S. Congress cannot include immigration provisions in the budget reconciliation package.
In reaction to House passage of sweeping legislation of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, Pablo Alvarado, Co-Director of NDLON, issued the following statement
This morning, US DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified on the administration’s border & immigration policies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. During one particular exchange between Senator Booker (D, NJ) and Secretary Mayorkas, there was an acknowledgment that the Biden Administration can and should do more to incentivize immigrant workers to serve as whistleblowers if they work at abusive job sites.
In response to a joint statement published by Senators Menendez, Lujan, Padilla and Cortez Masto, NDLON co-executive director Pablo Alvarado issued the following statement
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting Tuesday, October 19, 2021 Contact: Viridiana Vidal, vvidal@ndlon.org Following Release of DHS Worksite Memo, Immigrant Worker Blue Ribbon Commission Holds First Public MeetingAnnounces Series of Open Hearings in Coming Weeks Nationwide — On Monday evening, workers and advocates from the recently formed Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) hosted…
Following publication of a new memo by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security setting forth a new direction for worksite immigration enforcement, NDLON, its member & partner organizations, and others formally announced today the launch of a new BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION (BRC) to provide input on, guidance for, and evaluation of the new policy and priorities currently under development in the next sixty days.