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On May 1 a broad coalition led by immigrant advocates will be demanding protection for the rights of immigrants in actions around the country.
A center of action will be Chicago. Jorge Mujica, a longtime organizer with Arise Chicago, told reporters,
We are calling for a full week of civil disobediences on the Lower West Side on Wednesday. We are demanding that the [Trump] administration stops the attacks on immigrants, stop the raids, stop the detention of working parents, stop the criminalization, mass incarceration and deportation.
Chicago’s week of action will start with a mega march on May 1 from Union Park to Federal Plaza. Work stoppages are planned for May 2 and 3. May 5, the Cinco de Mayo, will be a “day without margaritas and guacamole.”
Omar Lopez, a longtime organizer with the Immigrant Defense Resistance Council, said,
We are powerful because we are workers. Our power comes from the work we do in the restaurant industry, in agriculture, in construction, in gardening and in other industries. Without us, the economy of this country will collapse. Being a worker is having power.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times