SEATTLE—Nearly 100 people joined a Labor Day rally here Sept. 3, to call for an end to the U.S. government’s anti-immigrant E-Verify and Secure Communities programs. The programs have made it increasingly difficult for undocumented workers to get jobs and increases their risk of deportation if stopped by the cops.

The rally was sponsored by El Comité Pro-Reforma Migratoria y Justicia Social and the May 1 Action Coalition. Speakers included Juan Jose Bocanegra, Jorge Quiroga, and Alma Rocio Gutierrez, leaders of El Comité.

Syd Coe, a member of Teamsters Local 117 who was part of a recently concluded strike at Davis Wire Company in Kent, spoke during the open mike.

“I am here to return the solidarity and to show that workers need to stay united with each other,” Coe said, referring to the support Davis Wire workers received during the strike.

—EDWIN FRUIT