Parties Targeted on Immigrant Rights
Thursday, May 1, 2008
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Immigrants rights activists will rally, march and picket today to
call attention to their demands. The May 1st 2008 Coalition is calling for
immigration reform, stopping raids, deportations, and use of No-Match Letters,
rescinding the anti-immigrant resolution in Prince William County, declaring DC
a Sanctuary City for immigrants, and establishing and supporting Workers Centers
in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Activists will picket the national offices of
the Republican and Democratic National Committees at 12:30P, “calling on
members of both parties to recognize the basic human rights of all immigrants to
this country. A march and rally will also be held at 4P. “With national
elections underway, this is a critical time for advocates of justice for
immigrant communities to raise our voices in solidarity,” say organizers.
“Raids and deportations continue to tear families apart, both across the
country and within the Washington metropolitan region. We aim to challenge
the climate of fear that these raids have produced and to show that the
immigrant community will not be silenced.”