The sizable, labor-backed marches supporting the rights of immigrants in Delano, California, and Dallas, Texas, are an example for the entire labor movement. They brought together thousands of workers to protest against deportations. Socialist Workers Party members urging amnesty for all immigrants in the U.S. to help unite the working class won widespread support.
The same spirit and labor participation marked protests in Washington state against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrest of farmworker union leader Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez.
Bosses’ superexploitation of workers without papers is an important source for their profits. At the same time, the capitalist rulers try to turn native-born against immigrant workers, to prevent common action against their real enemy — the bosses and their government.
Labor must take on and rebut every one of the rulers’ attempts to divide us. Fighting for an amnesty for workers in the U.S. without papers helps lift the fear of deportation that hangs over millions and strengthens labor’s ranks for the battles to come.
Build on these actions by spreading the word about coming protests to mark International Workers Day, May 1!