{"id":7127,"date":"2017-03-16T09:36:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=7127"},"modified":"2017-03-16T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T15:36:49","slug":"lets-make-may-1st-another-a-day-without-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2017\/03\/16\/lets-make-may-1st-another-a-day-without-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#039;s make May 1st another A Day Without Immigrants!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_7128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7128\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7128\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lavozlit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/642228906-1024x684.jpg?resize=720%2C481\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands march down Jackson Boulevard towards Federal Plaza in support of immigrant rights in Chicago on February 16, 2017. This march was part of the &#8216;A Day Without Immigrants&#8217; movement in which organizers across the United States asked immigrants to stay home from work and school and not spend any money to show how much they impact the economy. (Photo by Max Herman\/NurPhoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nBy Juan Diaz<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t<!--\n\t\t@page { margin: 0.79in }\n\t\tH2 { margin-top: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; direction: ltr; line-height: 100%; text-align: left; widows: 2; orphans: 2; page-break-after: auto }\n\t\tH2.western { font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16pt }\n\t\tH2.cjk { font-family: \"Lucida Sans Unicode\"; font-size: 16pt }\n\t\tH2.ctl { font-family: \"Tahoma\"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal }\n\t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in }\n\t\tA:link { so-language: zxx }\n\t\tA.sdfootnoteanc { font-size: 57% }\n\t-->\n\t<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"western\">What Happened on Feb 16th?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cA Day Without Immigrants\u201d on February 16th, 2017 signaled the awaking of a sleeping giant &#8211; the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote1sym\" name=\"sdfootnote1anc\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> who are one of the most exploited and oppressed labor force in this country. The day had thousands of immigrants nationwide not showing up to work in protest against the mass deportations and brutal offensive that Trump is continuing (and Obama started). The immigrant rights movement showed in 2006 &#8211; after threats of building a wall and mass deportations were made by Republicans (with the Democrats\u2019 passive approval<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote2sym\" name=\"sdfootnote2anc\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a>)- that they will not continue to sit back and allow the brutalization of their community and build a mass strike and work stoppage that was able to stop the anti-immigrant legislation. This working class force was then co-opted by the Democrats and had been quiet and bought up, but with Trump\u2019s win and brutal offensive, they are waking up and building the groundwork for another big work stoppage and mass protest &#8211; with May 1st as the big horizon.<br \/>\nFebruary 16th saw many immigrants and their allies staying away from work, not sending their children to school, not buying products, and many showed up to rallies, marches and protests in some of the major immigrant hub cities (like Chicago, Minneapolis, NYC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Charlotte, North Carolina, etc. <a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote3sym\" name=\"sdfootnote3anc\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a>). Many majority immigrant operated businesses and restaurants in these immigrant regions closed. Though participation was uneven and sporadic throughout the nation (partly due to the decentralized way the day\u2019s protest was organized, among other reasons), it was a success in attempting to show U.S. consumers what an economy without immigrant labor would mean for the services and goods many rely on.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote4sym\" name=\"sdfootnote4anc\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_ogu6dnj4b2xg\"><\/a>Forms and scope of ADWI\u2019s organization<\/h2>\n<p>A message and flyer had been appearing after Trumps inauguration in social media and spread around through What\u2019s App and as Trump\u2019s exec orders came in, through classrooms, restaurants, radio shows, shops, and other spaces where immigrants and undocumenteds frequent. In terms of the form of how Feb 16th\u2019s A Day Without Immigrants (ADWI) was organized, it was indicative to see that in a number of cases, business owners abided \u201cby their staffs\u2019 wishes, after holding votes to decide whether to open.\u201d <a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote5sym\" name=\"sdfootnote5anc\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nOne of the limitations of the way AWDI was organized was that there was no central or big organizing body that was coordinating or uniting the day of protest, but you could get a good sense of the numbers by the amount of immigrant majority businesses and restaurants that were closed in certain major cities.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a travesty that most major labor unions didn\u2019t come out to support and help build the protests. It was a lost opportunity for them to link the weakened union movement to the immigrant rights struggle- so as to link workers\u2019 rights and immigrants rights being part of the same united struggle. This would\u2019ve been important in unions where many are immigrants and\/or undocumented (like Janitors, hotel workers, service workers, construction and other sectors).<br \/>\nIt\u2019s also important to point out that the Democratic Party\u2019s apparatus and leaders weren\u2019t calling for support for the protest nor came out for most of the protests. The plus of this is that the DP at least didn\u2019t try to co-opt the mobilizations. It\u2019s good and important for the undocumented and immigrants rights community keep it\u2019s class independence to the protest, from DP whom will try to co-opt the protests leadership and take credit in the future for electoral purposes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_679yjjy57it\"><\/a>Factors that contributed to the ADWI protests<\/h2>\n<p>Just before the Feb 16th protests happened, the undocumented community had faced one of the first big raids in Trumps era, when some 680 people had been detained in raids across the U.S.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote6sym\" name=\"sdfootnote6anc\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a> . Even though , the Department of Homeland Security had called those raids \u201croutine, saying they targeted people who had criminal convictions.\u201d<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote7sym\" name=\"sdfootnote7anc\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a>, the raids had still brought a lot of shock, fear and alertness given that they also came after Trump had passed some other xenophobic, racist and discriminatory executive orders &#8211; like the Muslim Ban\u201d, his plans on moving forward with the building of the Mexican border wall, increasing the funding and amount of border patrol police, giving state and local police forces more jurisdiction and power in aiding Trump\u2019s attacks on undocumented communities<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote8sym\" name=\"sdfootnote8anc\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/a>.<br \/>\nThe types and places that were impacted just go to prove that the \u201cmore than eight million undocumented immigrants in the US workforce&#8230; \u201cmake up a disproportionate number of workers in several industries, including construction ,food services<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote9sym\" name=\"sdfootnote9anc\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/a>\u201d, and hotels.<br \/>\nAnother factor that explains why the particular cities had bigger protests was that nearly half of the 12+ million undocumented in the U.S. live in the 11 states targeted.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote10sym\" name=\"sdfootnote10anc\"><sup>10<\/sup><\/a> Though there were some small businesses and restaurants in Los Angeles that had workers participate for ADWI, not many participated in California (like SF Bay Area).<br \/>\nAn action by immigrants and muslims on Feb. 2 had likely influenced ADWI\u2019s success when \u201cYemeni grocery stores closed throughout New York City<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote11sym\" name=\"sdfootnote11anc\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/a>\u201d in protest of Trump\u2019s travel ban executive order had influenced undocumented workers to take some workplace based action. There was also a massive #DayWithoutImmigrants march and demonstration on Feb. 13th in Milwaukee, which around 10,000 people. This demonstration protested against President Donald Trump and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, whom the undocumented community felt that President Trump and Sheriff Clarke will have police officers detain legal and illegal immigrants<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote12sym\" name=\"sdfootnote12anc\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/a>.<br \/>\nTrump\u2019s administration close ties to the deportation apparatuses and far-right anti-immigrant figures contribute to his unpopularity amongst undocumented workers: his presidential candidacy was endorsed (a first in their history) to the National Border Patrol Council<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote13sym\" name=\"sdfootnote13anc\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/a> and White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is also a big ICE advocate- Bannon was the head of the right-wing Breitbart News, (the website that publishes ICE leaks).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_2sqeh5y9uig4\"><\/a>National in Scope<\/h2>\n<p>There were actions held in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Tennessee, Washington, D.C and other major cities. In some cities, like in Washington, D.C. schools had been closed for the day. Students had organized walkouts on schools or they stayed home. Of note, thousands of students had walked out\/ not attended schools \u201cin places like Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Charlotte, North Carolina.\u201d <a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote14sym\" name=\"sdfootnote14anc\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nThe U.S, Senate cafeteria in DC had also been shut down, and there were strategic and important workplaces shut down, like the \u201cArkansas poultry workers, Brooklyn warehouse workers and house cleaners, [&amp;] Twin Cities roofers.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote15sym\" name=\"sdfootnote15anc\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/a> You even saw that McDonald\u2019s restaurants across the United States were closed \u201cbecause immigrants refused to go to work.\u201d<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote16sym\" name=\"sdfootnote16anc\"><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nGiven the lack of organization, it was amazing to see that in certain cities, with just less than two days notice, thousands had come out. For example. over 3,000 showed up at Chicago\u2019s Union Park and in downtown St. Paul (Minneapolis),there were 3,000-4,000 people at the state Capitol by 1 p.m.\u2014even though no rally had been called<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote17sym\" name=\"sdfootnote17anc\"><sup>17<\/sup><\/a>\u201d. In the case of Portland, Oregon, local Latino radio stations announced the strike and encouraged listeners to participate<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote18sym\" name=\"sdfootnote18anc\"><sup>18<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_r2rnh6jcy2h8\"><\/a>Hundreds of Workers Laid off and Homeland Retaliates<\/h2>\n<p>Another of the downsides of ADWI not being a national and organized strike is that it opened up some individual workers to retaliation for their bosses, though the number reported so far only seems to be under 200 nationwide. There are media reports that \u201cbricklayers in Commerce City, Colorado, boat manufacturing workers in Lexington, South Carolina, and employees of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc2news.com\/news\/national\/18-people-fired-after-participating-in-a-day-without-immigrants\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>painting company in Nashville, Tennessee<\/u><\/span><\/a>\u201d were fired<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote19sym\" name=\"sdfootnote19anc\"><sup>19<\/sup><\/a>. In a good sign of solidarity, some neighboring restaurants and businesses offered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox23.com\/news\/brownies-offers-jobs-to-fired-workers-after-day-without-immigrants\/495808835\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>jobs<\/u><\/span><\/a> to those fired.<br \/>\nBesides the layoffs reported so far, Trump\u2019s Homeland Security retaliated the day after on Feb. 17th when a White House leak came out that they were considering \u201cmobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants.\u201d<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote20sym\" name=\"sdfootnote20anc\"><sup>20<\/sup><\/a> This leak dominated the news the following days and it confirmed earlier leaks that Trump\u2019s administration was moving to greatly expand the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s authority to deport undocumented immigrants and to increase the number of immigration and Border Patrol agents by 15,000. And on Feb. 22, more news of new rules issued, almost any undocumented person in the country could be detained and deported, even if they have never committed a crime. \u201cA traffic violation or mere suspicion of committing a crime could now be grounds for deportation. \u201cAny immigrant who cannot prove they have been in the United States for over two years could be deported without a hearing. The memos also call for the prosecution of parents who seek to reunite their family by using smugglers to bring their children into the country.\u201d<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote21sym\" name=\"sdfootnote21anc\"><sup>21<\/sup><\/a> In move to help keep the undocumented divided amongst class and age lines, Dreamers<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote22sym\" name=\"sdfootnote22anc\"><sup>22<\/sup><\/a> for now will keep their protections from deportations.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_fk8iz42qzvgd\"><\/a>Next Steps for Immigrant Rights Movement<\/h2>\n<p>Feb 16th\u2019s ADWI was a good first step to rebuild a mass immigrant rights movement in this country, and moving forward, March 8th\u2019s Women\u2019s Strike is being seen as the next movement build action, with May 1st\u2019s International Worker\u2019s Day being the next big Day Without Immigrants. The immigrant rights movement and its allies should use the momentum for May day being built by the general anti-Trump national sentiment.<br \/>\nThere are already organizations that have issued a call for a national Day without Immigrants on May 1, so far these include Voces in Milwaukee, SEIU-United Service Workers West and the Women\u2019s March in California, and the national Cosecha network<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote23sym\" name=\"sdfootnote23anc\"><sup>23<\/sup><\/a> and we can build on these to get more endorsements and commitments. National public opinion polls are showing that majority of people in the U.S. support the rights of the undocumented to remain<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote24sym\" name=\"sdfootnote24anc\"><sup>24<\/sup><\/a>.<br \/>\nIt can learn from the strengths and limitations of Feb 16th\u2019s demonstrations and organize things more centrally and continue the grassroots elements. It\u2019s important to continue to keep organizational and programmatic independence from the Democratic Party (DP) politicians and organizations. We should contest base and rank and file DP members and we don\u2019t need to work inside the DP to do that.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s crucial that the movement put pressure on unions and hold the labor leadership accountable since there are many undocumented workers in unions and in the wider labor force. While the AFL-CIO and labor unions keep silent during Trump\u2019s offensive to immigrants and workers, rank and file workers in their unions should put forward resolutions and build caucuses to push for their unions to come out in full force to support May day\u2019s activities.<br \/>\nAt the community, school, and neighborhood level, the undocumented community can build on the the resistance networks being built across many major cities<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote25sym\" name=\"sdfootnote25anc\"><sup>25<\/sup><\/a> by workers centers and community groups against the deportations and attacks to immigrants. There are also organizations and communities pushing for sanctuary (cities that follow certain procedures that shelters illegal immigrants),<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote26sym\" name=\"sdfootnote26anc\"><sup>26<\/sup><\/a> campuses, cities and states that should be supported and expanded.<br \/>\nThe movement&#8217;s goal, in this year\u2019s 11th year anniversary since 2006\u2019s almost general strike May 1st, is to try to approach the scale and power of those massive workplace and school work stoppages and strikes. The bigger the protests and work stoppages, the less chances employers and bosses can retaliate against individual workers. May 1st should also carry as part its demands and strategy to try to win over the jobs of those workers fired in February\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote1\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote1anc\" name=\"sdfootnote1sym\">1<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewhispanic.org\/2015\/03\/26\/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.pewhispanic.org\/2015\/03\/26\/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote2\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote2anc\" name=\"sdfootnote2sym\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_United_States_immigration_reform_protests\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_United_States_immigration_reform_protests<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote3\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote3anc\" name=\"sdfootnote3sym\">3<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote4\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote4anc\" name=\"sdfootnote4sym\">4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2017\/02\/day-without-immigrants\/516969\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2017\/02\/day-without-immigrants\/516969\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote5\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote5anc\" name=\"sdfootnote5sym\">5<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2017\/02\/16\/69133\/a-day-without-immigrants-promises-a-national-strik\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2017\/02\/16\/69133\/a-day-without-immigrants-promises-a-national-strik\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote6\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote6anc\" name=\"sdfootnote6sym\">6<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2017\/02\/16\/69133\/a-day-without-immigrants-promises-a-national-strik\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2017\/02\/16\/69133\/a-day-without-immigrants-promises-a-national-strik\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote7\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote7anc\" name=\"sdfootnote7sym\">7<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/02\/13\/515032423\/75-percent-of-immigration-raid-arrests-were-for-criminal-convictions-dhs-says\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/02\/13\/515032423\/75-percent-of-immigration-raid-arrests-were-for-criminal-convictions-dhs-says<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote8\">\n<sup><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote8anc\" name=\"sdfootnote8sym\">8<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote9\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote9anc\" name=\"sdfootnote9sym\">9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote10\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote10anc\" name=\"sdfootnote10sym\">10<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2016\/11\/03\/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2016\/11\/03\/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote11\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote11anc\" name=\"sdfootnote11sym\">11<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/feb\/02\/yemeni-grocery-stores-close-new-york-protest-travel-ban\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/feb\/02\/yemeni-grocery-stores-close-new-york-protest-travel-ban<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote12\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote12anc\" name=\"sdfootnote12sym\">12<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wbay.com\/2017\/02\/13\/thousands-from-wisconsin-to-rally-against-milwaukee-county-sheriff\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wbay.com\/2017\/02\/13\/thousands-from-wisconsin-to-rally-against-milwaukee-county-sheriff\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote13\">\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote13anc\" name=\"sdfootnote13sym\">13<\/a>Which represents about 17,000 Border Patrol agents<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote14\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote14anc\" name=\"sdfootnote14sym\">14<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote15\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote15anc\" name=\"sdfootnote15sym\">15<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote16\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote16anc\" name=\"sdfootnote16sym\">16<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leftvoice.org\/Immigrant-Workers-Shut-Down-McDonalds-Nationwide\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.leftvoice.org\/Immigrant-Workers-Shut-Down-McDonalds-Nationwide<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote17\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote17anc\" name=\"sdfootnote17sym\">17<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote18\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote18anc\" name=\"sdfootnote18sym\">18<\/a>Ibid\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote19\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote19anc\" name=\"sdfootnote19sym\">19<\/a>Ibid\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote20\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote20anc\" name=\"sdfootnote20sym\">20<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.workers.org\/2017\/02\/21\/day-without-immigrants-trumpice-say-get-out-immigrants-say-walk-out\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.workers.org\/2017\/02\/21\/day-without-immigrants-trumpice-say-get-out-immigrants-say-walk-out\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote21\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote21anc\" name=\"sdfootnote21sym\">21<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2017\/2\/22\/headlines\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2017\/2\/22\/headlines<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote22\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote22anc\" name=\"sdfootnote22sym\">22<\/a>Immigrants who came to the United States as children and have since received permission to live and work in the United States under President Obama\u2019s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote23\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote23anc\" name=\"sdfootnote23sym\">23<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/labornotes.org\/2017\/02\/tens-thousands-strike-day-without-immigrants<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote24\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote24anc\" name=\"sdfootnote24sym\">24<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bowmanmarsico\/2017\/02\/14\/reading-the-polls-welcome-to-america-what-americans-say-about-immigration\/#73ab80cd24e6\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bowmanmarsico\/2017\/02\/14\/reading-the-polls-welcome-to-america-what-americans-say-about-immigration\/#73ab80cd24e6<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote25\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote25anc\" name=\"sdfootnote25sym\">25<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/actionnetwork.org<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote26\">\n<a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote26anc\" name=\"sdfootnote26sym\">26<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apsanlaw.com\/law-246.List-of-Sanctuary-cities.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.apsanlaw.com\/law-246.List-of-Sanctuary-cities.html<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 16th\u2019s ADWI was a good first step to rebuild a mass immigrant rights movement in this country, and moving forward, March 8th\u2019s Women\u2019s Strike is being seen as the next movement build action, with May 1st\u2019s International Worker\u2019s Day being the next big  Day Without Immigrants. The immigrant rights movement and its allies should use the momentum for May day being built by the general anti-Trump national sentiment.<br \/>\n\tThere are already organizations that have issued a call for a national Day without Immigrants on May 1, so far these include Voces in Milwaukee, SEIU-United Service Workers West and the Women\u2019s March in California, and the national Cosecha network1 and we can build on these to get more endorsements and commitments. National public opinion polls are showing that majority of people in the U.S. support the rights of the undocumented to remain2.<br \/>\n\tIt can learn from the strengths and limitations of Feb 16th\u2019s demonstrations and organize things more centrally and continue the grassroots elements. It\u2019s important to continue to keep organizational and programmatic independence from the Democratic Party (DP) politicians and organizations. We should contest base and rank and file DP members and we don\u2019t need to work inside the DP to do that.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s crucial that the movement put pressure on unions and hold the labor leadership accountable since there are many undocumented workers in unions and in the wider labor force. While the AFL-CIO and labor unions keep silent during Trump\u2019s offensive to immigrants and workers, rank and file workers in their unions should put forward resolutions and build caucuses to push for their unions to come out in full force to support May day\u2019s activities.<br \/>\nAt the community, school, and neighborhood level, the undocumented community can build on the the resistance networks being built across many major cities3 by workers centers and community groups against the deportations and attacks to immigrants. There are also organizations and communities pushing for sanctuary (cities that follow certain procedures that shelters illegal immigrants),4 campuses, cities and states that should be supported and expanded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13882120,"featured_media":7128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Let's make May 1st another A Day Without Immigrants!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27671],"tags":[29531,29532,28504,28028],"class_list":["post-7127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en","tag-adwi","tag-day-without-immigrants","tag-dp","tag-united-states"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdQxqk-1QX","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13882120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}