Today as immigrants nationwide commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day by honoring those co-workers and loved ones that have died due to COVID 19, work-related injuries, neglect, and abuse, Congress is holding a hearing to evaluate the Executive Branch’s exercise of discretion in enforcing existing laws, which everyone in America agrees are outdated, unjust, and ineffective.
DetailsThe past years have brought many challenges – and many losses – for our worker communities. Whether a worker died due to unsafe conditions on the job, physical or mental health causes, suicide or addiction, it is all evidence of this crisis and the failure of the worker protections that should exist. For that reason,…
DetailsOn Tuesday morning, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network hosted a virtual panel and launch of its new REPORT: “Recovering from Climate Disasters: Immigrant Day Laborers as Second Responders.” The report launch is part of a week-long nationwide series of actions and events in commemoration of Workers Memorial Day 2022.
DetailsLast year, you signed the petition to help Catalina get her husband released from ICE detention. He was one of nearly 700 workers targeted in ICE’s workplace raids from 2019. Thanks to your support, advocacy from the community, and Catalina’s persistence, he was released, and is back with his family! But today, Catalina and her…
DetailsLast week, the ICE out of California coalition held a successful rally for the VISION Act and to Free Vithea in front of the LA County Board of Supervisors building. Shortly after the rally, the coalition was informed that Vithea Yung’s ICE detainer was dropped and his deportation will NOT be pursued! Anoop Prasad, Vithea’s lawyer with the Asian…
DetailsWhile immigrant workers have been sacrificed to keep the U.S. economy running, the Biden administration and Congressional leadership have responded by passing a budget that provides $23 BILLION to expand the already bloated migrant prisons and deportation machinery at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). All while continuing the…
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