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Boycott for Immigrant Rights

08:57 H | Topics: Activism - Immigration

As the immigration debate rages on within the halls of the U.S. Congress and within the country at large, many within the immigrant community and those working in solidarity with them are using different tactics to show their power and express their opinion. There have been mass protests, marches, and walkouts from coast to coast and there are calls for continued action until those who have built their lives and worked in the U.S. are guaranteed basic human rights regardless of their status. On Tuesday, a coalition of Latinos called for there to be no labor on May Day, May 1st.

Juan José Gutiérrez said :

On May 1st no one should work, no student should go to school, and no one should sell or buy anything to show the great power of the immigrant community in the Unites States and to put pressure for humane reform.

Other organizations involved in the call for the boycott include la Hermandad Mexicana Nacional and the National A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition.

Boycotts are notoriously difficult to organize but depending on the direction the U.S. Congress takes, it may be a drastic step that people will have to get together to follow through on.

Via / El Diario

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